To accompany today’s report, Dr Anneka Dawson and Olivia Garner from the Institute for Employment Studies share some reflections on speech, language, and Covid-19. Today’s 3-year-olds were only babies when…
Engineering more socio-economically diverse than most other sectors, but barriers remain
…likely to progress to senior roles. In engineering almost three quarters (71%) of people in their thirties from higher socio-economic backgrounds are in managerial or professional roles, compared with just…
Sutton Trust responds to Levelling Up White Paper
…and on ensuring that initiatives like the National Tutoring Programme reach the poorest pupils, wherever they are in the country. “We also applaud the fact the government are focusing on…
A new year brings yet more disruption to schools
…differences is unclear; with the cause likely to be a complex combination of many issues, including local infection rates, vaccination levels and the availability of testing to limit the spread…
State schools twice as likely as private schools to report high staff absences due to covid
…the national teaching population, according to school funding, phase and region, along with teacher age, gender and level of seniority. (December data is from the 6th to the 10th of…
Were 2021’s sporting successes also wins for social mobility?
…sports, it has been found that 53% of national school competitions were won by state schools and 46% by independent schools, despite 86% of competing schools coming from the state…