…and influential tend to send their children to independent schools. We have grammar schools which contain very few children eligible for free school meals. Then there are top-ranked comprehensives …
Parliament and Policy: July 2014
…immediately when they come to school because they do not have the back-up from home and the community.” —- Graham Stuart MP (Con, Beverley and Holderness), Chairman of the Education…
Parliament and Policy: June 2014
…assumption underpinning ‘parental choice’ is that parents are all equally informed and engaged in active choice-making”, but Professor Francis explained that some working class parents behaved in ways that were…
Make school admissions fairer
…apply to good schools. More importantly, those from disadvantaged homes wouldn’t be priced out of applying to the best comprehensives, improving social mobility. Conor Ryan, Director of Research and Communications…
LABOUR TO OFFER ‘EARN AND LEARN’ TECHNICAL DEGREES
Writing for The Independent Andrew Grice reports on Labour’s plans for a ‘technical degree,’ revealed today at the Sutton Trust/Pearson Summit. Young people who do not want or get a…
Educational backgrounds of politicians do not reflect society at large
…backbenchers (16%) and are more likely to have been to Oxbridge (23% compared to 15%). And while the proportion of Conservative MPs from independent schools has fallen from 70% in…