…in struggling schools to tackle underachievement by poor, white, working-class children, a committee of MPs has recommended. A report by the Commons education committee said that white British children from…
Independent school education found to boost grades and earnings
…found that only 7.6% of those who went to state schools were earning over £70,000 a year in their thirties, compared to 18.2% of those who attended independent schools under…
The Educational backgrounds of 500 leading figures
…chief executives of FTSE companies are now non-British and were thus educated abroad. Just under a third of CEOs are currently from abroad, compared with less than one in ten…
Reflecting back on 2021 and looking forward to 2022
…are a false choice – we need both, and both are important for social mobility. The government’s levelling up agenda has huge potential. Creating more local opportunities for social mobility…
A Fair Start? A practical way of levelling up
…organisations to actually sort out. Boris Johnson’s call earlier this year for leaders to come to Government with ideas to solve problems and improve local services at a county level…
A Fair Start? The case for early years reform
…each year, the pattern changes as fashion dictates. The result is a mille feuille of policy and practice. I really shouldn’t mix my metaphors so recklessly. But my point is…