The BSA’s ‘Boarding Bus’ rolled into the Independent School show this month, much to the delight of parents and children alike. The two-day weekend event at Battersea’s Evolution saw an estimated footfall of 6,000 as [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on the Cambridge News Cambridge’s secondary state schools are being out performed by its independent schools and other state schools in Essex, according to the Sunday Times Parent Power [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on TES The vast majority of teachers in independent schools are working over their contracted hours each week, a new study shows – and one fifth are expected to [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on The Telegraph England’s football team under-performs because too many players have been privately-educated, a Labour MP has claimed. Stella Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow, said the national team could be missing [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on the Oxford Times Girls are more likely to enjoy and excel at sport if they attend a single-sex school, a top Oxford headteacher has said, the Oxford Times [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on the Daily Mirror A university professor claims Tesco supermarket is discriminating against state school kids by making them queue outside – while private school pupils are allowed to walk straight in, the [FIND OUT MORE]
Credit: This story was first seen on The Telegraph Sending girls to private school will not help them earn more but the old boys network is still placing men in top jobs with high salaries, [FIND OUT MORE]
CREDIT: This story was first seen in TES Independent girls’ schools are downplaying the importance of the new GCSE grade 9 to parents and pupils, as they seek to preserve students’ mental health, TES reports. Caroline Jordan, president [FIND OUT MORE]
CREDIT: This story was first seen in The Telegraph Private schools’ contribution to society is “overlooked” and “vulnerable to wide generalisations”, the head of a leading independent school has said as he suggested Theresa May [FIND OUT MORE]
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