Failing to improve low levels of social mobility will cost the UK economy up to £140 billion a year by 2050 – or an additional 4% of Gross Domestic Product…
All young people should do maths to age 18 to prepare for today’s workplace
…to benefit fully from higher education and play a productive role in the workplace depends increasingly on their mathematical competence.” The report’s author, Jeremy Hodgen, Professor of Mathematics Education at…
Little progress in opening up top universities to poorer pupils in 25 years
Russell Group share of disadvantaged and low participation area students has declined since 1997 compared to the rest of the sector. 4,700 state school students and 1,000 students from areas…
Student maintenance in England needs a reset
…However, they also serve as a stark warning: if we do not address the current maintenance system, we risk losing untapped potential. You are still twice as likely to go…
Is England’s squad in a class of their own?
15% of the 26 England squad members in Germany this summer attended private schools, compared to 7% of the population as a whole. But why should we care about the…
Top comprehensive schools take half the number of poorer pupils than the average
…intakes of top performing schools.” NOTES TO EDITORS The Sutton Trust will publish three reports on Tuesday 26th March: Selective Comprehensives: Scotland, Selective Comprehensives: Wales and Selective Comprehensives: GB, which…