…published this week told us that children with a nursery education get “significantly better GCSE results than those who are kept at home before school age”. The coalition may well…
Call for state to pay for private school places
…promote social mobility. The Sutton Trust has published a 10 point mobility manifesto today aimed at closing the gap in results being achieved by children from poorer backgrounds and their…
Mobility in the Manifestos
…rules. Last year, we showed again the consequences of this approach. The 500 comprehensives – maintained schools and academies – with the best GCSE results took half as many disadvantaged…
Nearly half parents want ballots to play a part in school admissions, new YouGov poll shows, as Sutton Trust launches Mobility Manifesto
…a new YouGov poll for the Sutton Trust today, published to coincide with the Trust’s new Mobility Manifesto. Given the scenario of a popular comprehensive academy with 100 places and…
Violin, clarinet, football and choir
…house means the usual last minute scrabble for uniform, late nights ironing in name tags and a desultory attempt to reinstate early bedtimes. Plus, for the first time, a new…
Quidditch, Dragons and a Week Full of Fun
…amazing fun. Getting to know everyone better and chatting (whilst collecting our results) was great. Finishing the academic week with a presentation and reporting back on our findings was a…