Commenting on the education announcements in today’s Budget, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “We welcome the Chancellor’s…
Sutton Trust influences grammar schools debate
…raise attainment, arguing it is unsatisfactory that grammar school policy is currently “frozen in time”. In recent debates, Greening has frequently quoted a Sutton Trust report from 2008 that said…
At age 13, girls more likely than boys to believe that going to university is important
…Statistics Agency shows that only 19% of students from the poorest fifth of neighbourhoods enter higher education compared with 45% of those from the richest fifth of neighbourhoods. 46% of…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Knowsley A-levels issue
Commenting on reports that Knowsley schools may offer no A-level courses in future, Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust said today: “It is important that young people have…
Parents face ‘complex’ school criteria
…schools tend to be faith-based, with religious families coming from higher social groups, it added. Researchers compared the social make-up of schools with their local areas. They identified the schools…
Alun Ebenezer: Tomorrow’s leaders must come from outside gilded cage of fee-paying schools
Free school head Alun Ebenezer cites Leading People research in a Telegraph online comment piece As recently reported, top fee-paying schools may be pricing themselves beyond the reach of their…