…anxious deliberations about which secondary school is best for thousands of children over until next spring’s offer day. It is over 25 years since the idea of “choice” was firmly…
Richest parents four times more likely than poorest to pay for extra classes for their children
…the top fifth of incomes – those earning more than £52,000 a year – have paid fees for extra-curricular activities for their children in the past three months, compared with…
Making a Statement
…has been schools un-doing the work of the initiative. Some offered advice that was contradictory; some insisted students followed a very rigid structure; one said a student’s application to read…
Giving pupils a sporting chance
…idea that intelligence is learnable and can be developed through effort and skillful practice has not penetrated our society widely or deeply,’ argues Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. Dweck’s research does…
Independence and Access
…universities. You might expect businesses to share facilities with the community, but would you expect them to share commercial confidences? In fact, 83 of our 148 schools gave detailed examples…
Why we need Open Access
…even if it did, there would be perverse consequences: good schools being shut, parents being denied choice in a liberal democracy – all with no guarantee the comprehensive ideal would…