…know that those who attend more selective universities and courses tend to end up with higher wage returns and employment prospects, instead believing that their prospects would be the same…
More schools using pupil premium to plug budget gaps
…said “a small but growing” number of schools are using the pupil premium this way, with six per cent of teachers reporting that plugging budget gaps is the main priority…
Nicky Morgan warns against ‘scatter-gun’ use of pupil premium
…spend pupil premium funding in a “scatter-gun fashion”. In a speech at a London summit on the pupil premium today, Ms Morgan will say it is “not enough” for schools…
Labour’s mostly state-educated Cabinet must push fair HE access
…the 88 per cent of us who attend a comprehensive school. Greater diversity in the Commons and the Cabinet is, therefore, cause for celebration, as is the new government’s focus…
Minister confirms pupil premium will not be changed
…What assessment she has made of how effectively pupil premium funding is used by schools to support disadvantaged highly-able pupils. What steps she is taking to ensure that schools facilitate…
Pupil premium ‘plugs budget holes’
The Press Association report on our pupil premium poll was covered in many news outlets including MSN. Some schools are using extra funding designed to help their poorest pupils to…