…study. Harvard University alone saw a 45% increase in applications from 2009-10 to 2010-11. However the majority of UK applicants come from private schools. The programme aims to change that,…
Pupil premium money will have limited impact on poorer pupils, teacher survey suggests.
…tuition, and additional teaching assistants in the school meanwhile were the most frequently cited priorities for the Pupil Premium, worth £600 a year for children on Free School Meals (see…
Global Education Rankings Can Be Misleading
…from early years through to Access to the Professions. The report Confusion in the Ranks: How Good are England’s Schools? is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/ There…
Improvements in exam results are the best way to evaluate teachers
…report, Testing Teachers: What works best for teacher evaluation and appraisal, is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com. The research was conducted by Richard Murphy of the Centre…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…distributed across households incomes: The number of children coming from the top 10 per cent of household incomes would roughly halve; and, The proportion of children coming from the bottom…
Higher Apprenticeships better for jobs than university degrees say public – new polling for Sutton Trust/Pearson Summit
…of thousands of young people of all ages, from early years through to access to the professions. 2. Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more…