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‘Wage premium’ for fee-pay schools

…schools would radically change. The number of children coming from the top 10% of household incomes would roughly halve, the study says, while the proportion of children coming from the…

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‘Wide variation’ for academy chains

…but the weakest are lagging far behind, research suggests. It concludes that there is “enormous variation” between chains, and the results and improvement of their disadvantaged pupils. The research, commissioned…

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Academy chains outperform state schools

…state schools, research has shown. GCSE results were above average in schools run by nine academy sponsors, for poor children and other pupils, academics found. The study, which looked at…