Sir Peter Lampl, founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “This is a stark warning about the social mobility challenge facing Britain….
Poorer pupils get less homework help
…behind in secondary school. Low-achieving pupils from the most advantaged homes spend more than twice as much time in additional instruction as high-achieving pupils from disadvantaged families (15 hours per…
Alumni reflections on the Careers Plus programme
…Thursday at Hogan Lovells’ offices in London. The Trust has had a leading presence in my journey of studying law, and this 8-month programme further highlighted the brilliant opportunities available…
Money matters
…parents (social group A) said that they send their children to a fee-paying school, but just 1% of working class parents (social group D) said the same. Even in the…
Comprehensive change?
Dr Rebecca Montacute on her research into the educational backgrounds of the new House of Commons. The 2017 House of Commons has been praised as the most diverse yet, with…
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…