class sizes

Private schools ‘growing inequality’

Independent schools’ growing superiority over comprehensive schools is pushing inequality in Britain upwards, academics have claimed. Research from the Centre for Economic Performance due to be presented at a Nuffield Foundation seminar in Oxford later today shows a widening gap in educational attainment among private schools reflecting a doubling of fees in real terms since… Read more »

Larger schools ‘sign of success not poor discipline’

It is “too simplistic” for the Conservatives to implicate larger schools with discipline problems, the government has said. The Conservatives have attacked the government over the dramatic rise in the number of pupils taught in very large schools, arguing the evidence points to the benefits of smaller institutions. However, the government claims increased pupil numbers… Read more »