…Labour’s vision for education setting out their plan for a National Education Service which would enable everyone to access education at any point in their lives. She outlined its draft…
Nine to one – not as easy as ABC
Conor Ryan on the dangers of an increasingly complex accountability system Back in 1995, I helped David Blunkett commit a heretical act – at least in the eyes of the…
Funding formula could force grammars to abandon work with disadvantaged pupils
…a government Green Paper on expanding selection to boost social mobility – for grammars to take part in a range of outreach work to “raise aspirations, improve educational practice and…
New grammars to be told: Put families on less than £33k first
…education, said yesterday: ‘We welcome Justine Greening’s commitment to addressing the challenges that children from poor and ordinary working families face getting into grammar schools.’ Read the full article here….
Able to succeed
…like our summer schools are helping more bright students from comprehensives get into those universities, where forty per cent of students are from independent schools which educate only seven per…
John Prescott: May wants to go back to telling 11 year olds they’re failures
…13% of grammar pupils actually came from private schools. They are five times more likely to be privately educated than come from a disadvantaged background. Grammars actually widen the gap…