Commenting on new research published today by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission suggesting that more than 2,000 children from disadvantaged backgrounds who get excellent results in tests at…
Schools and colleges
…access to formal schooling and to wider education and enrichment experiences all contribute to this gap. State school admissions Teaching and tuition 2 new grid 155 The number of comprehensives…
Drop-out crisis looms if students are not supported through crisis
…and Scotland £400 to help with energy costs, paid to individuals via their energy company. If someone’s landlord received this payment from their energy company (either as their rent is…
Comic Strip Presents
…parents from poorer households have high aspirations for their children; they just don’t know the practicalities of helping to realise them. A true depiction of social immobility would chart the…
Pandemic and beyond: tracking student outcomes and programme impact over time
…in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These students (the “2019/20 cohort”) experienced their programme’s summer delivery in 2020, before completing their A levels in the summer of 2021 and, for…
Equal hours?
…high quality, and particularly for disadvantaged children. However, less is known about the optimum number of hours, including whether this differs by socio-economic background. This new analysis, conducted by Professor…