…work. *** “It is no longer enough to have a bog-standard bachelor’s degree to distinguish yourself from the crowd. Postgraduate qualifications are often essential in many fields, such as journalism,…
Tutoring prevents pupils working out problems for themselves
Anna Davis cites our Extra Time research in an article for the Evening Standard where a leading London headteacher warned that private tuition can be harmful to the long-term academic…
Ceilidhs, Russian and riddles
…Coming to the Sutton Trust summer school has helped me immensely and I now know that it’s not a big scary place that I should be afraid of. I’ve always…
Conor Ryan: Our disadvantaged high-attainers are the forgotten class
Conor Ryan wrote for the TES about the need to improve accountability and support for high attainers in comprehensives The system is stacked against more-able pupils from poorer backgrounds, but…
Academy Advancement?
…delivering excellent outcomes for their pupils, substantially outstripping the averages above, there continue to be many chains who perform very poorly. When ranked on a composite index combining multiple performance…
Sutton Scholars is now underway
…programme last month. As a new model, the launch sees the first Scholars cohort to focus on an individual subject. Our commissioned report from Boston Consulting Group identified major skills…