…come from households with an income of less than £25,000 per annum and have secured an impressive £8 million ($14m) in financial aid from US universities and scholarship programmes. This…
Sir Peter Lampl: We don’t need no grandiose education
…Oxbridge than 2,000 state schools and colleges combined. While the gap in GCSE results between pupils from the poorest homes — those entitled to free school meals — and other…
‘Salary premium’ for private school pupils
…would change radically. The number of children coming from the top 10% of household incomes would roughly halve, while the proportion of children coming from the bottom 40% would more…
Teachers support Tomlinson, but more cautious over academies
Nearly two out of three secondary school teachers in England and Wales support the Tomlinson Review of the school curriculum for 14-19 year olds, according to a MORI survey commissioned…
Oxford Access Scheme and Sutton Trust launch the Ambassador Programme
…Oxford Access Scheme, a student-led organisation set up by Oxford students and tutors in 1990-1 to encourage more students from inner city and lower-income backgrounds, especially from minority ethnic groups,…
Poorer pupils significantly underrepresented at top state schools
…found to be more socially exclusive than top comprehensive schools – with 2.1% of students eligible for free school meals compared to 6% at the comprehensives – the report says…