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Education at the conferences

…this year. At the Liberal Democrat conference, Education Spokesperson Layla Moran MP focused on the need for fair funding for all schools, argued against school league tables, and said that…

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Homework lessons from PISA

…services as a kid of safety net to ensure that, if their offspring are struggling in schools, they are given the best possible chance to pass their GCSE exams. Table…

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Response to OFFA access agreements

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) published their latest access agreements today. An access agreement sets out a university or college’s fee limits and the access measures – like outreach…

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Social mobility summit blog

…England. Through Multi-Academy Trust, Teaching Schools alliances, local authorities, regional commissioners and Ofsted, the spread of best practice will bring about the capacity to improve, said Greening. Hinting that the…

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Collective data power

…Richards, Vice Chair of KPMG, opened the event with a talk on the importance of data collection and collaboration within the social mobility sector. I’ve worked in this sector for…

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Secondary schools fail to push poorer pupils

Greg Hurst of the Times quotes our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, in an article on the new Social Mobility Commission report. Poor children fall behind pupils from better-off families when…