Lost learning is greater in disadvantaged households.
- Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
The government must try harder if it wants to ensure recruitment and retention in the profession.
New analysis shows access to grammar schools is highly skewed by a child’s socioeconomic status.
The first lady effect: inspirational.
We need to change the school admissions code.
A new grammar school has been given the go-head in Kent, despite evidence that selective education increases inequality.
Our expert looks at the manifestos’ pledges on funding, coasting schools and teachers.
The experts assess whether the claims in the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto align with the evidence.
Our experts review the evidence behind the Green Party’s big ticket policies.
The Lib Dems have promised to invest heavily in the schools budget.
Our experts find that the Green Party’s generous pledges on education will cost them.
Education secretary Nicky Morgan said free schools push up standards in neighbouring schools and are popular and effective.
Pupils in London do better at school than the rest of the country, but why? Sam Freedman, a former adviser to Michael Gove and now head of an education charity has called this “the biggest question in…
Why are pupils from disadvantaged families more often found studying in poorly performing schools? Is it the choices their parents make, or are they not able to get into better ones? Perhaps families are…
The role grammar schools should play in English education is still hotly contested, more so today than it has been in years. This is despite the fact that there are only 164 grammar schools operating in…
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