Call for views on enterprise education

Pearson and the Education and Employers Taskforce are asking for your views in a research project on enterprise education. This research will explore three key questions: What is enterprise education?…




Changes to careers reduce capacity in FE

Overhaul of careers advice will “reduce substantially the capacity to deliver career support in FE”, claim experts at Derby University. They argue that FE colleges are being marginalised by the…


Secrets of university access for schools

University access: why some schools are so much more ‘successful’ than others? How can one school get more pupils into top universities than another with the same exam marks? Read…





Take part in research on school governors

Prof Chris James, Dr David Eddy Spicer and Prof Stephen Brammer are undertaking a study to explore the role of chairs of school governing bodies across England. Respondents will be…


Report suggests new measures for school performance

Exam data should be complimented by other indicators such as Ofsted judgements, pupil and parent satisfaction surveys, the range of subjects offered, staff turnover, attendance, expulsion rates and a measure…