…living in London is likely to be pricing out young people from families on low and middle incomes from internships like these. Research carried out for the TUC found that…
Stuck: Britain’s Social Mobility Problem
Our Chief Executive, Dr Lee Elliot Major, returned to the University of Sheffield to take part in their Prestigious Lecture Series, having been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in January. Lee…
New school funding proposals will not address the ‘double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils in deprived areas
…from a disadvantaged background and who lived in a poorer neighbourhood were much less likely to take A-levels than disadvantaged pupils from better-off areas. Historically, schools in neighbourhoods with high…
Three year attainment gap between poor pupils and their better-off classmates separates Britain’s brightest teenage girls
…Global Gaps by Dr John Jerrim of the UCL Institute of Education (IoE) and Education Datalab analyses the 2015 test scores from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…
Sir Peter Lampl and Sir Kevan Collins respond to the Education Secretary’s speech
Commenting on the Education Secretary’s speech to the Conservative Party conference and the announcement of new ‘Opportunity Areas’, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education…
Sir Peter Lampl Responds to the Prime Minister’s Education Speech
…comprehensives, backed by fairer admissions policies in urban comprehensive schools promoting ballots or banding to overcome selection by house price, backed by better advice to low income families on their…