…Sutton Trust when she commented that “students from wealthy backgrounds are 10 times more likely to secure a place at university than those from poorer backgrounds”. Rupa Huq, Labour MP…
Ian Jack: India’s caste system and British private education are hardly alike, but both divide their societies
…even smaller: 5% had attended a comprehensive, compared with the 21% who had gone to selective schools and the 74% who had gone private. In the military, only 12% of…
Fraction of top doctors educated at state school
…at comprehensive schools, an analysis has found. Access to prestigious jobs has barely improved in a generation, with the proportion of privately educated professionals changing only marginally since the 1980s,…
Supporting STEM
…helping children develop appropriate skills. Yet according to a recent CBI report, over half of businesses predict a shortfall in experienced STEM-skilled staff in the future. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
Zoe Brennan: Why state schools should stream their pupils
Dr Lee Elliott Major was quoted by Zoe Brennan in a Daily Telegraph article on setting and streaming This was to be the first step towards a glittering future, so…
Are state schools actually providing a better education than private schools?
…eligible singles – neither of which I will be troubling in the near future. But then, over lunch last week, a friend proudly boasted she had finally made a Tatler…