…of the Sutton Trust, said: Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said today: “We welcome the Sainsbury report on technical education, which…
Cameron’s new cabinet: half of PM’s top team went to private school
…cabinet meetings. Previously, only eight of the 33 ministers (24%) able to attend Cameron’s cabinet were women. The number of the women in the new all-Tory cabinet now stands at…
Lee Elliot Major: Tackling the North-South access divide
…councils that send the most state-school children to the top universities in England are based in London or the south, whereas the 20 authorities that send the fewest number to…
Why Sound Foundations matter to social mobility
…did make the commitment to extend the entitlement to two year olds which was implemented by the Coalition. It is welcome news that four years later the Government is not…
Why we need Open Access
…and influential tend to send their children to independent schools. We have grammar schools which contain very few children eligible for free school meals. Then there are top-ranked comprehensives …
James Turner: Government should sponsor private day schools to boost equality
…the value of that advantage has been calculated. The report finds that children who attend private school will earn £194,000 more on average between the ages of 26 and 42…