This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
Please note that this blog is no longer being updated. For information about the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission please visit their GOV.UK page....
London schools: deliverology or collaboration?
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gov.uk archive author, Posted on:
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Categories:
professions, schools, Social Mobility, Uncategorized
...an hour a day on the basics. There is a clear link between better Key Stage 2 results in 1999 and better GCSEs five years later. It would be easy...
The professions and social mobility: time to step up
Posted by:
David Johnston, Posted on:
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Categories:
Accountancy, professions, Social Mobility, Uncategorized
...job applications, and something that stands out to employers who are looking for evidence you have the competencies they require. Access Accountancy features a number of the practical measures we...
Government response to child poverty and social mobility challenge - more pace, drive and ambition needed
Posted by:
Alan Milburn, Posted on:
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Categories:
Child Poverty, Social Mobility, Social Mobility and Child Poverty, Uncategorized
...with which Government is approaching these issues. Looking across the response, there are some good things in the document. I welcome the fact that the Government shares much of the...
Working poverty: what's going on?
Posted by:
Professor Paul Gregg, Posted on:
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Categories:
Child Poverty, Poverty, Social Mobility and Child Poverty
...The change has been driven by three things, two of which are good news: A big decrease in the proportion of children living in workless households: from 20% in 1996...
First impressions on the Child Poverty Strategy: a missed opportunity?
...child poverty over the next few years. Second, though it marshals some excellent recent policy announcements – universal infant free school meals, removing National Insurance for under-21s – it needs...
Who’s frightened of being middle class?
The main focus of public debate on social mobility is on how the gaps in educational outcomes between children from rich and poor backgrounds can be closed. This is clearly...
Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission: our new blog
...has become the new holy grail of public policy. This is a development I regard as most welcome. The job of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission that I...