Responding to the publication of the Education Select Committee report on Careers Education, Nick Harrison, Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust, said: “High quality careers advice and guidance is crucial…
Not so comprehensive schools?
…that their highly successful school serves their whole community. They introduced a pupil premium priority quota to their admissions policy following a changing housing market in the community the school…
Sutton Trust response to 10 Year Health Plan’s workforce commitments
Commenting on workforce commitments in the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England to improve access to the medicine profession for disadvantaged young people, Nick Harrison, CEO of the Sutton…
New £1m fund to find the best ways of working with parents to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children
…led by not- for- profit organisations, aimed at improving children’s cognitive development through parental engagement, for up to three years. It will complement the work of the Education Endowment Foundation…
Private tuition booms despite recession
…taking holidays – to group respondents into low, medium or high affluence groups. More detail can be found here:http://www.springerlink.com/content/v04u3732442nkx5k/ Notes For Editors: 1. The Ipsos MORI Young People Omnibus captured…
Homework lessons from PISA
…in how children from different family backgrounds spend this time As Table 1 illustrates, those pupils from the most disadvantaged backgrounds actually spend slightly more time on additional instruction in…