…and Canada, have much in common—culturally, historically, economically. But they are also very different in some ways. And nowhere is this more true than in their national education policies. But…
Place social mobility at the heart of the general election
…of entrants to grammar schools are entitled to free school meals, whereas 12.7% of entrants come from outside the state sector, largely from independent schools. Selective Comprehensives 2017 found that…
Three year attainment gap between poor pupils and their better-off classmates separates Britain’s brightest teenage girls
…from the 2015 round of the Programme for International Assessment (PISA); a study of 15-year-olds performance in reading, mathematics and science conducted every three years by the OECD. The report…
Reading gap between most and least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia
…Stanford University draws on research from across the world that was presented at a seminar on educational inequalities at the London School of Economics. By comparing data on cohorts of…
Sir Peter Lampl Responds to the Prime Minister’s Education Speech
…to free school meals at the top 500 comprehensives is 8%. Only 49 of the top 500 schools have free school meal rates higher than the national average of 17%….
Four in ten teachers have been private tutors
…teaching role at some point during their careers, according to new research from the Sutton Trust. The polling of a nationally representative sample of 1,607 teachers, conducted by the National…