…is badly in need of reform. It is outrageous that someone from a council estate should pay more than someone from a top boarding school. This reform should include means-testing…
New OFFA guidance on evaluating outreach
…TO EDITORS ‘Improving the evaluation of outreach: interview report’ and ‘The evaluation of the impact of outreach: proposed standards of evaluation practice and associated guidance’ can be accessed here: https://www.offa.org.uk/egp/improving-evaluation-outreach/…
Three quarters of Sutton Trust summer school students win places at top universities
…schools sponsored by the Sutton Trust. In some cases the summer schools ‘reduce completely’ the disadvantage of coming from a poorer home. The report by Dr Tony Hoare and Rosanna…
Open your doors to all, Sir Peter Lampl urges private day schools
…only pressure would come from schools’ desire to educate able children from all backgrounds, and their need to compete with a new, dynamic sector drawing on a wider talent pool….
Personal statements help independent school students “stand out from the crowd”
…three times more common in the personal statements of applicants from state schools and sixth form colleges as those from independent schools. Independent school applicants not only list the highest…
Access to Banking Polling
…of senior figures in finance think presentation at interview affects disadvantaged people’s chances of getting a job https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/four-fifths-of-senior-figures-in-finance-think-presentation-at-interview-affects-disadvantaged-peoples-chances-of-getting-a-job-2/ Key findings 1 pink 1 Four-fifths of senior figures in financial services…