…years have documented how few children from poorer homes access the highest performing comprehensive schools – even when those schools are on their doorsteps. And what one school does has…
Parents and teachers think school admissions needs to be fairer
…feedback from schools across England on their experiences with admissions. Schools are being asked to complete a short questionnaire that asks them about their experiences, barriers to change and potential…
Conor Ryan: Our disadvantaged high-attainers are the forgotten class
Conor Ryan wrote for the TES about the need to improve accountability and support for high attainers in comprehensives The system is stacked against more-able pupils from poorer backgrounds, but…
Evidence of intent
…change. By contrast Labour and the Liberal Democrats want to extend free meals throughout primary school, though this feels like a costly commitment when school budgets face so many other…
Nine to one – not as easy as ABC
Conor Ryan on the dangers of an increasingly complex accountability system Back in 1995, I helped David Blunkett commit a heretical act – at least in the eyes of the…
Place social mobility at the heart of the general election
…of entrants to grammar schools are entitled to free school meals, whereas 12.7% of entrants come from outside the state sector, largely from independent schools. Selective Comprehensives 2017 found that…