…closures. Almost half (47%) of middle class (ABC1) parents say they feel confident teaching their children at home, compared to just over a third (37%) of working class (C2DE) parents….
City dress code ties graduates in knots
…according to a report written for the Social Mobility Commission that says “polish” still helps you get ahead in the City of London. The report, entitled “Socio-Economic Diversity in Life…
Students are losing out as teachers’ and university tutors’ ideas about what makes a good personal statement are a “world apart”
…research report The Personal Statement is available online here. 7. Comparisons of differing feedback from teachers and tutors: Extract form Personal Statement Comments from Teacher Comments from Admissions Tutor “Captivated…
Ofsted war on ‘scrappy’ worksheets
…adequate materials to students for class study and homework. He demanded that all schools ‘fight the good fight on this basic issue’ of encouraging youngsters to be supplied with proper…
Feeding the Brain
…Oliver in helping deliver his great plans to transform the quality of school lunches. The combination of tough nutritional standards, better kitchens and trained chefs in schools helped bring about…
Freedom to teach well?
…introduced by the Labour government of 1997‐2010. The caveat is that such benefits have, at least for the schools we consider, taken a while to materialise. However, this research was…