What will help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to do well at school
Rt Hon David Lammy, former barrister and now MP for Tottenham, highlights the issues in education for young people from working-class BME backgrounds and their families
Tag Archives: Equality
Imagine if… it didn’t matter where you came from
Unfortunately, educational inequality remains a persistent problem in our system. Despite almost a decade of the pupil premium, the national attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their wealthier peers has failed to close.
Student views on getting more women and girls to pursue careers in technology
SSAT Aspirations Show workshop July 2018 report.
School’s LGBTQ+ initiatives have wide-ranging influence
Sarah Sawyerr, assistant headteacher, Ricards Lodge High School, explains how their initiatives have included students running training sessions for educational and health care professionals, and primary pupils.
Encouraging the quiet girls to open up
Ahead of Women’s History Month, with International Women’s Day taking place on 8 March, Paul Highfield, leader of learning for global education, Fir Vale School Academy trust writes.
Tackling HBT bullying: three key issues
Tom Middlehurst reflects on a recent event with Stonewall and highlights three areas that schools need to focus on to tackle HBT bullying.
There should be no excuses – schools CAN make the difference for FSM pupils
Tom Welch rounds up recent research into the performance of FSM students and provides strategies to help close the attainment gap to their non-FSM peers.
Inspiration from Last Night of the Proms
Sue Williamson, SSAT CEO, writes… ‘…there can still be firsts for women in 2013.’ These are the words of Marin Alsop, the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms. In an inspirational speech, she expressed her surprise
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