The Times’ Greg Hurst cites findings from our Poor Grammar report and earlier Sutton Trust research. As Theresa May noted, people tend to “get lost in the argument” about whether…
On the Up
…grammar school education, Justine Greening is the first education secretary to go to a mainstream comprehensive secondary school, and the party’s new chairman, Patrick McLoughlin, is a former miner. Only…
Help for deprived pupils delayed by 11-plus proposals
Oliver Wright of the Times cites Sir Peter Lampl’s comment on the government’s grammar School plans. Ambitious plans to drive up educational standards in some of the most deprived areas…
The state school Cabinet
Peter Dominiczak, Christopher Hope and John Bingham comment on the Sutton Trust’s analysis of Theresa May’s new cabinet on page 1 of The Telegraph. Theresa May on Thursday unveiled a…
March of the meritocrats
James Slack, Jason Groves and Eleanor Harding comment on the Sutton Trust’s analysis of Theresa May’s new cabinet on page 1 of the Daily Mail. Theresa May was hailed last…
One in five academy chains below average for results and improvement for poorest pupils, but best chains delivering outstanding results
…disadvantaged pupils, according to new analysis published by the Sutton Trust today. The research, by Professor Merryn Hutchings, Professor Becky Francis and Dr Philip Kirby, compared the performance of disadvantaged…