REPORT FROM THE APPG ON SOCIAL MOBILITY ALSO URGES BAN ON UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Thousands of talented young people face a “lost opportunity” because they can’t access top jobs, unless employers…
White working class boys have lowest GCSE Grades as disadvantaged Bangladeshi, African and Chinese pupils show dramatically improved results
…the measure of five good GCSEs, while the national average has risen by 13.5 percentage points. The research brief suggests that there are complex reasons behind the results. They may…
Is Private Tutoring To Blame For Educational Inequality?
…differences in attitudes to education in their communities. We’ve seen big improvements in results in many BME communities in the last decade, and pupils from many Asian communities perform best…
Warwick To Lead Study Into Improving University Outreach
…proper evaluation and evidence. This important piece of research by the University of Warwick will help give us a much clearer idea of which strategies work best when it comes…
Number of youngsters in private tuition up by a third
…tuition at some point in their schooling, compared with 26 per cent of students who do not receive free lunches. Independent school students are twice as likely to have received…
Thousands of disadvantaged pupils miss out on taking languages, history and geography at GCSE each year
…level and university choices. This is according to a new research brief from the Sutton Trust that analyses the impact of major curriculum reforms for GCSE students. It identifies 15,000…