…students from 12 programmes across the country come together as part of a journey of development, seeing them increasing in confidence and building friendships, as well as improving knowledge and…
£590 per head social mobility GDP boost
…specially commissioned Ipsos-MORI polling that gauges public perceptions of social mobility and how best to improve it. The Trust has commissioned similar polling in previous years, which allows us to…
Nine to one – not as easy as ABC
Conor Ryan on the dangers of an increasingly complex accountability system Back in 1995, I helped David Blunkett commit a heretical act – at least in the eyes of the…
Science specialists
…scientists in the world. Maybe one will even come back and replace me when I get too old for this!” But it seems my old science teacher is the exception…
Mind your grammars
…comprehensives as they do at grammars, with figure 3 showing 97% of high attainers at top comprehensives achieving five good GCSEs, compared to 98% in grammars. Figure 3. Proportion of…
School help ‘must target poor white pupils’
…who get the worst GCSE results of all the main ethnic groups, amid growing concern about stark disparities in attainment. A study by the Sutton Trust education charity found that…