…the UK than in any comparable country in the world, conferring enormous advantages to wealth. As a Canadian banker friend, who has children at top private schools in London, said:…
Hollywood prizes won on the playing fields of Eton
…unlucky enough to come from the 93% of the population unable to access a privileged fee-paying education? I live in North London which often feels like the very epicentre of…
Celebrating the toolkit
…award from the Institute for Government for our teaching and learning toolkit. This accessible guide on what works at raising results in schools is the first winner of this accolade…
Higher Ambitions Summit (afternoon sessions)
…completing an apprenticeship. The Summit heard of the German experience from Andrea Bodner, Training Manager of Webasto, that two and a half to three years was standard. But employers with…
Building an apprenticeships consensus
Ian Nash on the second day of the Sutton Trust-Pearson Higher Ambitions Summit, including keynote speeches from Professor Alison Wolf and Sir Michael Barber. Leading educationists at the Higher Ambitions…
ADAPT GCSE TO BE NATIONAL EXAM AT 14
…in a report published today by the Sutton Trust, which commissioned their research comparing education systems in the 30 countries of the OECD. Professor Smithers and Dr Robinson at the…