…minutes to kill 16 five and six-year-olds and their teacher. Watching with horror the reports from Newtown, Connecticut, I was struck by the similarities: 20 six and seven-year-olds senselessly dead…
Even schools designed to be free from regulation need some oversight, as a Sutton Trust report shows
An Independent editorial supports some key recommendations from a new Sutton Trust report on academy chains. If the Government’s educational policy is really as unideological and fact-based as ministers make…
Top legal jobs still dominated by private schools
…and Cambridge graduates than in the past – in 1989 88% of judges had been to Oxbridge, compared to 81% in 2004 – the search for talent still occurs within…
A qualitative evaluation of the ‘Into University’ programme: executive summary
…to reach in excess of 1500 children and young people each year in the local area, on site and through school-based work. Key Findings The evidence in this report supports…
A qualitative evaluation of the ‘Into University’ programme
Report Overview An evaluation by NFER into the IntoUniversity programme which was developed by the St Clements and St James Community Project, London. Key Findings The evidence in this report…
Pupil Premium strategies: A guide for teachers
…for Free School Meals from attending the country’s top performing state comprehensives. And finally… It is very disappointing to learn that the 2024 results show little to no progress in…