Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation
Under two new pilot schemes, designed to improve access to the digital-technology sector, more than 200 state-school pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds will be given the…
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Comments closedAnalysis by the Sutton Trust has found that less than a third (32%) of Britain’s 130 medallists at Rio 2016 attended fee-paying schools, a four…
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Comments closedPrivate tuition is booming. Increasing numbers of young people use it to help improve their grades, but what impact is this having on social mobility?…
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Comments closedPrime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce plans to scrap the 1998 legislation which prevented the creation of new grammar schools. Reaction The possibility…
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Comments closedIn 1997, Sir Peter Lampl set up the Sutton Trust to improve social mobility through education. In just short of two decades he has personally…
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Comments closedWhen the government allowed English universities to up tuition fees to a maximum of £9,000 there was widespread disapproval and now with another rise looking…
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Comments closedA new survey conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) has revealed that a staggering 50,000 new graduates are in non-graduate jobs, including lollypop…
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Comments closedSir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, has expressed concern after a survey of teachers found a small…
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Comments closedThe Sutton Trust’s flagship US programme supports bright British state school students from low and middle income homes to study for their degree in America.…
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Comments closedSir Peter Lampl has supported Sir Michael Wilshaw’s calls for more support for highly able pupils. Critical Speaking to the Times Education Supplement, Sir Michael…
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