…(the top lines in the graph), average attaining (the middle lines) and low attaining (the bottom lines) at age five. The test score results here are presented in standard deviations,…
The Sutton Trust’s summer school kickstarted a push for fairer access to UK’s elite universities
Richard Garner wrote a two page feature on our summer schools for the Independent In 1998, a small group of teenagers gathered at Cambridge University to find out whether the…
Three in four academy chains have ‘coasting schools’, but best chains continue to ‘transform’ pupils’ life chances
…measures compiled in the index. Other smaller successful chains based on this overall measure include Outwood Grange in Yorkshire, academies sponsored by the Mercers Company in the West Midlands and…
Bright children from disadvantaged backgrounds fall by the wayside at GCSE
…despite achieving top results at primary level, according to analysis commissioned by the Sutton Trust. The trust said it identified the group of underachieving disadvantaged pupils as “missing talent” and…
The power of place
…neighborhoods. Upward mobility is higher in regions with higher concentrations of two-parent families. Perhaps most unsurprisingly of all, mobility is associated with areas where there are better schools. These results…
Conor Ryan: Why the number of failing schools can be a good thing
…of 65 per cent of 11-year-old pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics. The better results are evidence that Michael Gove was right to set higher expectations…