Ofsted chair David Hoare’s controversial comments may have attracted coverage, but both he and the media fail to understand what is going on in the island’s school system. Some ill-judged…
At age 13, girls more likely than boys to believe that going to university is important
…surveyed (61%) thought it was very important to get a degree compared with only 13% who said it was of little or very little importance. Around one in 10 girls…
Parents face ‘complex’ school criteria
…schools tend to be faith-based, with religious families coming from higher social groups, it added. Researchers compared the social make-up of schools with their local areas. They identified the schools…
Alun Ebenezer: Tomorrow’s leaders must come from outside gilded cage of fee-paying schools
Free school head Alun Ebenezer cites Leading People research in a Telegraph online comment piece As recently reported, top fee-paying schools may be pricing themselves beyond the reach of their…
Sutton Trust commits to Living Wage
…well-known companies such as Nationwide, Aviva and SSE. These businesses recognise that clinging to the national minimum wage is not good for business. Customers expect better than that.” To find…
Nick Clegg says that the Sutton Trust inspired his passion for social mobility
…Mobility Committee this month. The House of Lords Committee on Social Mobility was appointed in June “to consider social mobility in the transition from school to work”. The Committee is…