The Economist quotes our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl in an article on Oxford admissions. WHILE at school, the idea of going to Oxford University “might as well have been like…
Want to help your northern child? Become a pushy southern parent
Emine Saner highlighted Sutton Trust research on private tuition in a Guardian piece on the North-South education divide Blame the parents. According to Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner, one reason…
Northern mothers must learn to be pushy, says children’s tsar
…children to get top grades and into the best universities, according to the Children’s Commissioner. Anne Longfield said that the “tiger” mums of London and the south east had been…
Don’t be trumped
…students – who come from diverse ethnic, social and religious backgrounds – to worry that they won’t be accepted and respected in a country where he is President. And as…
Tim Lott: It’s no surprise that white working-class boys do badly at school
…underperforming in schools. This is a long-established tendency. Nearly all ethnic minority groups do better. This includes black African, Chinese and Bangladeshi children. We are in a tricky area here…
New school funding proposals will not address the ‘double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils in deprived areas
…Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said today: “While we welcome plans for a fair and transparent funding system, the Government proposals do…