Acting Head of Research and Policy Carl Cullinane unpicks the trends from today’s new polling released on A level results day. This morning sees young people across England and Wales…
Tackling the ‘shadow education system’
…that many simply cannot afford. One way of doing this could be through a means-tested voucher system. The issue is an awkward one. Parents understandably want to do as much…
College costs and lost opportunities
…the Conservatives had a 50 percentage point lead among the over-70s. The issue of student finance and Labour’s promises undoubtedly played a part and the result has ushered a new…
Give poor pupils a two grade break
…dropout rates, lower degree completion rates, or lower degree class results amongst their students. This suggests there is no reason to believe that contextualisation should lead to lower standards. The…
Homework lessons from PISA
Dr John Jerrim highlights four lessons from his Sutton Trust report today that PISA has told us about out-of-school learning activities in Year 11. When the PISA results are released,…
Conor Ryan: Our disadvantaged high-attainers are the forgotten class
…annually on how schools wer… This summer, parents and businesses will learn that GCSE results are no longer as easy as ABC. Grading results on a 9-to-1 scale is the…