…today. It can be counter-productive and is more likely to lead to poorly performing pupils becoming complacent, rather than encouraging them to do better in class, says the report from…
Call this a Comprehensive?
…Comprehensives was published by the Sutton Trust, which works to improve social mobility through education. It stated that some of England’s highest-performing comprehensive schools and academies are “significantly more socially…
Universities urged to lower entry grades for comprehensive school pupils
…back of lower GCSE and A-level grades than students from grammars and fee-paying private schools, according to new research. A study commissioned by the Department for Education concludes that students…
Computer Tables: MORI Teachers’ Omnibus 2004 (Wave 3)
MORI computer table breakdown. 1089 20041201 2004 23667…
What do Labour have in store for educational inequality and social mobility?
…are more socially selective than the average grammar school, with a 40% shortfall of free school meals pupils at the highest attaining comprehensive schools compared to the average. That’s why…
Sutton Trust analysis of Labour cabinet
We’ve analysed the education backgrounds of Sir Keir Starmer’s first Cabinet. The majority attended comprehensive schools, making this the most diverse in terms of education background ever recorded: Key findings…