…comprehensive schools. In comparison, only 54% of the MPs elected at the 2019 general election went to a comprehensive school, and 52% in 2017. Most strikingly, there has been a…
A Comprehensive Commons?
…communities. But just as the 29% of female MPs and 6% of BME MPs in the new Commons are not yet representative of the community as a whole, neither should…
Widening access to tutoring
…the inequalities that exist in our society, particularly those that affect the poorest families. Teachers, heads and parents have worked incredibly hard to compensate for the disruption to children’s schooling,…
The home learning environment has never been more important
…support parents over the coming weeks. To their credit, many commercial companies have made their resources freely available. But the sheer volume available means it can be difficult to know…
Pledge to abolish unpaid internships
Lifestyle magazine Cosmopolitan, quoted Sutton Trust research on unpaid internships. As part of a new youth manifesto, Labour have pledged to ban unpaid internships lasting longer than four weeks. Miliband…
Education is just the job for NEETS
…the Head of Education at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, spoke at last week’s Sutton Trust seminar, he said one thing that made me really sit up. Young…