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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Sutton trust - Caught on Camera

England’s top secondary schools slammed as ‘appalling’ over SEND student intake

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The Independent UK

Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive

School leaders believe some deploy a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances, new research suggests

The Guardian - UK

Top schools slammed for ‘appallingly’ low intake of Send pupils: ‘It’s a disgrace’

Around two in five school leaders say they believe some schools in their area actively discourage applications from Send pupils

The Independent UK

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Some parents of special school pupils in England spending £5,000 on EHCPs

Sutton Trust’s research reveals huge inequalities in how parents navigate Send system, as ministers plan overhaul

The Guardian - UK

Children with Send from poorer homes facing ‘double disadvantage’

The Sutton Trust has said getting the right support for special educational needs and disabilities should not depend on a family’s ability to pay.

The Independent UK

Why children with Send from low-income homes face ‘double disadvantage’

Disadvantaged children with Send are being failed by a system ‘beset with inconsistency and bureaucracy’ a charity has said

The Independent UK

‘Little progress’ made opening up top jobs to state-educated people – charity

The Sutton Trust said the most influential people in the UK remain five times more likely to have gone to a private school than the general population

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The new reason state schools are falling behind private schools

The Sutton Trust is now urging the Government to intervene and ensure all pupils can access the technology

The Independent UK

State schools falling behind private schools in AI ‘digital divide’ – report

Nearly a fifth of state school teachers in England do not use artificial intelligence compared to 8% of private school teachers, a survey suggests.

Evening Standard

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem

The British media has a class problem, according to recent research by The Sutton Trust. In short, the privately educated are over-represented in the creative industries, especially in film and television. The trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the…

The Conversation

London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places

Sutton Trust’s ‘opportunity index’ measured six factors including children on free school meals passing GCSEs in maths and English

The Guardian - UK

Only 5% of students in medical schools from lowest socio-economic group – study

Medical schools should make more ambitious use of contextual offers to widen access, a charity has urged.

The Independent UK

Starmer accused of ‘fudging the facts’ of his schooling by education expert

Sutton Trust founder Sir Peter Lampl made the claim as he criticised the Government’s plans to charge VAT on private school fees.

Evening Standard

Growing gap in access to internships, study suggests

The Sutton Trust also said employers continue to underpay interns and give opportunities to family and friends rather than advertising them.

Evening Standard

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Creative industries dominated by the affluent show class inequality – charity

Research found that Bafta nominated actors are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the average person.

The Guardian - UK

Let’s speak about the importance of oracy

Letters: Greg Brooks thinks oracy needs to be given equal status with literacy and numeracy. Dr Kate Paradine says state schools don’t need to follow a model set by private schools

The Guardian - UK

State schools should set up debating clubs, says senior Eton leader

Jonathan Noakes also suggests training teachers to encourage discussion, as government focuses on oracy

Evening Standard

Breaking down the barriers to university entry with a smile

From contextual offers to outreach programmes, a growing number of schemes are making higher education more accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. We’ve got the lowdown

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The Guardian - UK

Social mobility in finance: the new scheme tackling banking’s class ceiling

Although the banking sector has increased its focus on becoming more diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity in recent years, it is still often regarded as elitist. Citi’s new programme strives to change this perception

The Guardian - UK

Banning prayer rituals in school? Just get religion out of education completely

Many who praise a headteacher for preventing Muslim prayers are oddly sanguine about the number of faith schools in Britain, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Some comprehensive schools ‘more socially selective than grammars’

Research by Sutton Trust finds disadvantaged students less likely to get into top performing schools in England than their peers

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged high attainers achieve ‘one GCSE grade lower’ than affluent peers

The social mobility of the next generation is “under threat” unless intervention takes place, the Sutton Trust report warns.

The Guardian - UK

Cuts in school trips in England hitting children in poorer areas hardest, shows poll

Survey shows large cuts to outings, teaching assistants and GCSE and A-level choices, reflecting ‘decades of government underfunding’

The Independent UK

Half of senior leaders say school trips and outings have had to be cut – poll

More schools are cutting back on staff, IT equipment, sports and extracurricular activities this year, the survey suggested.

Wales Online

30% of secondary school children now have private tuition

The proportion is the highest figure since the survey began

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