…areas – compared with 35 per cent from rich homes. *** The researchers defined Jams as those families claiming in-work tax credits and living in the bottom 40 per cent…
‘Grammar schools are no better for bright pupils’, say researchers
The I’s Padraic Flanagan cites findings from our Gaps in Grammar report. Grammar schools are no better for the brightest pupils than good comprehensives, according to new research which casts…
Theresa May’s grammars plan undermined by deprivation report
…schools, just 15.8 per cent of 11-year-olds were from “just about managing” families, who comprise about 6m households on low and low-to-middle incomes, according to one definition. By comparison, children…
Children of ‘just managing families left out by grammars’
…these poorer areas, children from non-disadvantaged groups – those not-receiving free school meals – are likely to be from the “just about managing” families, which the prime minister has said…
Mind your grammars
…comprehensives as they do at grammars, with figure 3 showing 97% of high attainers at top comprehensives achieving five good GCSEs, compared to 98% in grammars. Figure 3. Proportion of…
School help ‘must target poor white pupils’
…role in educational outcomes, attainment among pupils from Bangladeshi, black African and Chinese backgrounds who are on free school meals (FSM) has improved dramatically in the past decade. *** “Several…