…family income levels. 25% of children from the most affluent families who were surveyed said they have received some tuition during their education, compared to 15% of children from the…
Sutton Trust US Summer School Launched At Yale
…study. Harvard University alone saw a 45% increase in applications from 2009-10 to 2010-11. However the majority of UK applicants come from private schools. The programme aims to change that,…
Pupil premium money will have limited impact on poorer pupils, teacher survey suggests.
…tuition, and additional teaching assistants in the school meanwhile were the most frequently cited priorities for the Pupil Premium, worth £600 a year for children on Free School Meals (see…
Improvements in exam results are the best way to evaluate teachers
…report, Testing Teachers: What works best for teacher evaluation and appraisal, is available on the Sutton Trust website at www.suttontrust.com. The research was conducted by Richard Murphy of the Centre…
21 state school students head to prestigious American universities as a result of Sutton Trust US summer school
…programmes which combine breadth and depth, the best American universities offer very attractive packages to enable those from low and middle income families to study there.” Simon Lewis, chair of…
Private school premium of £194,000 revealed in new report
…distributed across households incomes: The number of children coming from the top 10 per cent of household incomes would roughly halve; and, The proportion of children coming from the bottom…