…eligible for free school meals has been tutored, compared with one in four of those who are better off. The charity said that the government should give poorer families vouchers…
Number of youngsters in private tuition up by a third
…most ambitious parents, the culture of tutoring is becoming more mainstream. The prevalence of intensive preparation for grammar school entrance exams has caused particular controversy: a 2013 study of pupils…
Peter Hitchens: Grammar wreckers knew they would make our schools worse
…has losers as well as winners. But we have selection in our supposedly comprehensive schools. It is mainly done through the secret privileges (fake religious belief, close knowledge of feeder…
Leading Article: Losing Focus
…entrants are entitled to free school meals, a marker of social disadvantage, compared with 18 per cent of English children overall. The difference is stark, too, among the brightest 11-year-olds:…
Sir Peter Lampl responds to grammar school plans
…existing 163 grammars are largely very socially selective – we need a proper strategy rather than a piecemeal approach. “That means a national drive to improve education for the highly…
May’s grammar school plan provokes fury among MPs
…improving the quality of education for all. Senior backbenchers predicted that Mrs May would struggle to get her plan through the Commons against opposition from critics on her own side….