…entrants from independent schools decreased, from 31% to 22% (compared to around 7% of students attending independent schools overall) while the proportion of non-selective state school entrants increased from 50%…
October 2017 – Westminster Roundup
…Committee chair Robert Halfon MP quoted the Sutton Trust’s Life skills report during the Education Select Committee hearing, asking Justine Greening what her department was doing to improve non-academic skills….
Careering off in the right direction?
James Turner stresses the importance of impartial, tailored careers guidance Students from affluent homes seem to have an inbuilt compass to point them in the right direction: to the exams…
Sir Peter Lampl: We need many more degree-level apprentices
…with one or more universities. As a degree-level apprentice, they will earn while they learn, come out with very little or no debt and with skills employers want. This year…
The Social Composition of Top Comprehensive Schools
…of schools). Social selection is evident in top comprehensive schools: the overall proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at the 200 highest performing comprehensives is 5.6%, compared to…
Careers advice is a ‘postcode lottery’, warns Sutton Trust
…leading charity has said. The Sutton Trust says the National Careers Service – which offers telephone and web-based advice to schools – should also provide students with face-to-face advice from…