Grammar schools as agents of social mobility questioned
The long held view of grammar schools as agents of social mobility has been put into question by new data. Read the full story….
The long held view of grammar schools as agents of social mobility has been put into question by new data. Read the full story….
International Nurses Day is coming up on 12 May and to celebrate and help promote this global event NHS Employers has produced a free Toolkit for promoting the nursing profession….
Alan Milburn calls for social background checks on university students during the admission process to help social mobility. Read the full story….
The department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) strategy for the new National Careers Service has been published today. The Taskforce’s employee volunteering in education initiative Inspiring the Future and…
PearsonCPL and Royal Society of Arts launch a new commission into the mass ‘academisation’ of schools. The impact of the government’s drive to increase the number of academies in the…
The OECD is developing a Skills Strategy with the aim of fostering a cross-government, peer-learning approach towards improving the supply of, anticipating the demand for, and optimising the use of…
The legal profession is moving to improve social mobility by a number of initiatives. A good example is the Bar National Mock Trial Competition which is only open to state…
New Education Act 2011 places state schools under a duty to secure access to independent careers guidance for pupils in Years 9 – 11. Read the full DfE guidance….
Parental effect on exam results aged 16 – 17 is five times more powerful than the influence of schooling, says Royal Economic Society. Read the full story….
Robert Peston, founder of Speakers for Schools, talks about its objectives and the wide range of speakers at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) annual conference in Birmingham….