…the impact of the pandemic on sector https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/early-years-in-crisis/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Children and parents • Early education and childcare plays a vital role in children’s early development and…
Closing the Regional Attainment Gap
…serious economic repurcussions https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/social-mobility-coldspots-likely-to-fall-back-even-further-with-serious-economic-repurcussions/ Ruby Nightingale: Tackling the regional attainment gap https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/tackling-the-regional-attainment-gap/ 2 Key Findings 1 pink 1 Disadvantaged pupils nationally lag behind the average by around half a grade…
Class differences: Ethnicity and disadvantage
…show dramatically improved results https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/white-working-class-boys-have-lowest-gcse-grades-as-disadvantaged-bangladeshi-african-and-chinese-pupils-show-dramatically-improved-results/ Peter Lampl: Mind the Gap https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/mind-the-gap-2/ 1 Key Findings 1 pink 1 White British FSM (Free School Meals) boys achieve the lowest grades at GCSE…
Independent Commission on Fees 2015
…the cap on fees completely. The Commons Select Committee should investigate the reasons for the severe decline in mature and part-time students. There must be better co-ordination of university outreach…
Selective Comprehensives 2017
…but schools where pupils make most progress are much less so https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/85-of-top-comprehensives-with-best-gcses-are-socially-selective-but-schools-where-pupils-make-most-progress-are-much-less-so/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 The top performing 500 comprehensive schools in England, based on GCSE attainment, continue…
Extra Time
…help https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/poorer-pupils-get-less-homework-help/ John Jerrim: Homework lessons from PISA https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/homework-lessons-from-pisa/ 1 Key findings 1 light-green 1 On average, Year 11 pupils in England spend 9.5 hours per week in additional instruction…