December 2021
Private schools say exclusion from State grants is ‘discriminatory’ – 27 December, The Irish Times
SETTLING SCORES The Private School Prime Minister Takes his Revenge – 27 December, The Byline Times
Elitist schools work against common good – 16 December, The Times
Loosening the Old School Tie – 14 December, BBC R4
Private schools in Scotland set to lose lucrative tax break from next year – 13 December, Daily Record
Bristol school founded by slave trader Edward Colston to change its name – 6 December, Sky News
Social mobility tsar feels ‘sorry’ for private schools – 6 December, TES
The painful truth behind British boarding schools, by Sunday Times readers – 4 December, The Times
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Public school teaches Tories to have OUR cake and eat it – 2 December, The New European
‘Charitable status is unsustainable in the medium to long term’ – 2 December, Independent Education Today
November 2021
Downfall of Britain’s WOKEST head: She makes £400k a year at a school loved by the rich but is leaving after a revolt by parents who said pupils are indoctrinated about ‘white privilege’ – as we reveal how a staff meeting sparked claims of anti-Semitism – 26 November, The Daily Mail
Fettes College ‘like Lord of the Flies’ in 1970s – 25 November, The Times
The reason private schools have gone woke? To distract from the REAL privilege their pupils enjoy! – 25 November, Mailplus.co.uk
Elite Private Schools Increase Assets by More than Half a Billion Pounds in Six Years – 25 November, Byline Times
State Vs Private Schools: What’s Behind the Growing Grade Gap? – 25 November, Shout Out UK
How state schools fought back in the great youth rugby arms race – 23 November, The Telegraph
More parents keeping their daughters in girls’ schools after Everyone’s Invited abuse accounts, heads report – 22 November, inews
More parents keeping their daughters in girls’ schools after Everyone’s Invited abuse accounts, heads report – 22 November, inews
White British cricketers from private schools 34 times more likely than young Asians to reach elite level – 22 November, The Guardian
Don’t mock young people for being ‘woke’ – they are ‘just being kind’, says top headteacher – 22 November, inews
Private school teachers to vote on first national strike over pensions – 22 November, The Telegraph
Nazis based their elite schools on top British private schools – 17 November, The Guardian
White working class needs college quotas, says actor Eddie Marsan – 17 November, The Times
Christ’s Hospital shouldn’t lecture pupils on white privilege – 17 November, The Spectator
Privately educated mother who grew up in a large home says she’s ’embarrassed’ she can’t give her children the same start in life despite a ‘decent career’ – as parents agree money doesn’t stretch as far anymore – 16 November, The Daily Mail
GCSEs 2022: Top private schools say ‘narrow’ GCSE exams no longer fit for purpose – 16 November, inews
Pupils at prestigious public school will receive lessons in ‘understanding white privilege’ – 13 November, The Telegraph
What would a socially just education system look like? – 12 November, Comprehensive Futures
The best private schools in the UK for getting a place at Oxbridge – 11 November, The Telegraph
Disadvantaged graduates earn half as much as privileged peers in first job – 12 November, The Guardian
Independent sector offers pupils better grounding in political literacy – 9 November, Independent Education Today
Cambridgeshire’s top private schools and how much they really cost – 5 November, Cambridge News
Essex’s poshest private schools and how much they really cost – 1 November, Essex News
This government of Gradgrinds must breathe life back into schools – 4 November, The Times
A was average A-level grade at independent schools in 2021, DfE data shows – 4 November, The Guardian
Eton College among the schools that receive the most Durham offers – 2 November, Palatinate
Roedean School in fresh row over fears it could admit boys for the first time – 1 November, The Telegraph
Private schools surrender to the Marxist myth of privilege – 1 November, Conservative Woman
October 2021
Bedfordshire’s poshest private schools and how much they really cost – 27 October, Bedfordshire News
School offers laughing lessons to help girls relax after pandemic – 25 October, The Times
Singapore school beats Harrow for Oxbridge places – 24 October, The Times
Revealed: ‘Remarkable’ 10-year school funding ‘squeeze’ – 22 October, TES
Virtue signalling is really status signalling – 23 October, The Spectator
Bursaries: ‘If your adverts don’t reach the right people, they are to no avail’ – 18 October, School Management Plus
Top English private schools put Chinese communists on boards – 18 October, The Times
Overseas satellite colleges rake in millions tax-free for private schools including Harrow – 18 October, The Times
Fifteen state schools got more offers from Russell Group universities than Eton in past three years – 15 October, The Telegraph
Oxbridge should not discriminate against private school pupils because they get more firsts, head says – 15 April 2021, The Telegraph
Britain needs more private schools, not fewer – 10 October, The Telegraph
English private school fees 90% higher than state school spending per pupil – 8 October, The Guardian
‘Pretty privileged!’ Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries vows to end class prejudice at BBC – 4 October, Daily Express
New education secretary Nadhim Zahawi offers a word of caution as he reveals his headteacher inspired him when he was a ‘very naughty’ schoolboy in Iraq – 2 October, The Daily Mail
September 2021
The pandemic ought to be the turning point in the debate about private schools – 30 September, The Guardian
Private schools ‘would become redundant under Labour’ – 28 September, TES
No 10 plans to lower salary level at which graduates start repaying loans – 26 September, Financial Times
‘Everyone worse off’ under Labour private schools plan – 27 September, TES
Is anti-Etonian prejudice really OK? – 26 September, Spectator
Keir Starmer vows to tax private schools £1.7bn to help poorer kids in major shake-up – 25 September, Daily Mirror
Scotland exams: Private school pupils given easier ride than state school pupils during 2021 exams, stats show – 21 September, The Scotsman
GOING PRIVATE How to get your child into a £44,000-a-year private school for free – 17 September, The Sun
Levelling up must begin by tackling the state-private education divide – 15th September, The Times
‘It is a pernicious myth that independent schools are only for the rich’ – 14 September, School Management Plus
Ofqual won’t be able to explain private school grades boost – 10 September, Schools Week
They grow up to run the country – 10 September, The Spectator
UK private schools face curbs on China links in Beijing’s education crackdown – 5 September, Financial Times
Books railing against private schools are actually the best marketing for them – 2 September, The Spectator
August 2021
A-level results 2021: Private schools see bigger jump in top grades – 10 August, Schools Week
Pupils at Yorkshire’s most expensive private school not guaranteed top grades, data shows – 10 August, The Yorkshire Press
£4m Latin excellence programme: What you need to know – 2 August, Schools Week
Ofqual analysis on 2020 grading: 5 new findings – 29 July, Schools Week
Private schools facing most pressure from parents over grades – 29 July, Independent Education Today
Richer parents pressure teachers on exam grades – 29 July, BBC
Celebrated head to open colleges for deprived Londoners – 27 July, The Times
July 2021
LSE students demand university bans all private school students, eradicates free market economist Friedrich Hayek from the curriculum, no platforms speakers and introduces minority quotas for staff – 27 July, Mail Online
Schools lobby Oxbridge for private pupils – 25 July, The Times
Do problems in private schools fuel sexual misconduct in universities? – 22 July, WONKHE
Hartlepool boy lands educational opportunity of a lifetime – The Northern Echo, 21 July
‘Major improvement’ needed after Horris Hill school rated one for food hygiene – 16 July, Basingstoke Gazette
How the Bullingdon Club still runs Britain – 16 July, Mail Online
Safeguarding standards at private Ruthin School still not good enough, warns report – 15 July, Daily Post
‘I asked my family to help send my daughter to private school in case of another lockdown’ – 14 July, Daily Telegraph
Poor pupils make bona fide classicists – 12 July, The Times
British-branded schools in China forced to teach Beijing curriculum in bid to ensure ‘right’ thinking – 10 July, Daily Telegraph
Learn wherever you like, says school – 12 July, The Times
Value of a GCSE revealed: every higher grade is worth £23,000 more – 9 July, Daily Telegraph
Heathside Trial: Hampstead high school was ‘shambolic’, ex-staff tell judge– 9 July, Ham & High Express
Most primary schools in England ‘stopped teaching languages in first lockdown’ – 8 July, Evening Standard
How has Covid-19 affected language learning in England’s schools? – 8 July, British Council
Private schools set for surge in admissions after lockdown chaos – 4 July, The Times
Covid surge forces top private schools to close until next term – 4 July, The Times
Readers reply: what’s the right response to a friend who says they are sending their child to private school? – 4 July, The Guardian
School funding formula has moved cash from deprived to wealthier areas, National Audit Office finds – 2 July, The independent
How Britain’s private schools lost their grip on Oxbridge – 2 July, Financial Times
Eton reaches out. So who benefits? – 2 July, schoolsweek.co.uk
June 2021
‘Top of the Toffs’: The long history of surprisingly posh rock stars – 29 June, The Telegraph
Woke Independent Schools – Why are we so afraid? – 29 June, YouTube
Private schools reap hundreds of millions of dollars in jobkeeper funding – 28 June, The Guardian
School run problems at King’s and St Andrew’s in Rochester – 28 June, KentOnline
Eton to fund new sixth-form colleges for poorer pupils – 25 June, The Times
Supporting transgender pupils in independent schools – 25 June, Independent Education Today
How to get the best value out of private school and make it worth the cost – 25 June, The Telegraph
How to use your home to put your children (and grandchildren) through private school – 24 June, The Telegraph
Being proud of going to state school – 25 June, BBC News
Levelling up must start with our sinking schools – 24 June, The Times
How parents pay private school fees ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says CEO – 24 June, Independent Education Today
Tory MPs accused of adding fuel to ‘culture war’ in education report – 21 June, The Guardian
Rugby’s Bilton Grange Preparatory strikes new note with choir school – 21 June, The Times
‘It’s woke madness!’ GMB viewers slam decision by £26,000-a-year St Paul’s Girls’ School to cancel the term ‘head girl’ because it’s ‘too binary’ – 21 June, The Daily Mail
A second mortgage to pay for school fees – 20 June, The Times
Eton v the sea trout: college’s land sale sparks fears of river pollution – 19 June, The Guardian
‘No queer sex ed and homophobia goes unpunished’: This is what it’s like to grow up LGBT+ in UK boarding schools – 19 June, Pink News
Big drop in number of private school pupils as families ‘tighten purse strings’ – 19 June, The Telegraph
Revealed: The best private schools for getting a place at Oxbridge – 17 June, The Telegraph
Pathway of privilege: Cambridge college takes 22 pupils from single elite school – 17 June, The Telegraph
Everyone’s Invited: ‘Matter of concern’ 8 times more private schools listed on anti-sexual harassment site, MP says – 15 June, The Evening Standard
A bursary can completely change a disadvantaged young person’s life – 16 June, Attainparents.com
Chinese parents lose confidence in Britain’s private schools – 15 June, Financial Times
Ex-pupils who compiled sexual abuse dossier accused of blocking inquiry – 13 June, The Guardian
‘Our obsession with Oxbridge means we’re missing out on lots of young talent’ – 14 June, The Telegraph
Blackheath High School lets its wallflowers blossom with quiet spaces after lockdown – 12 June, The Times
Private schools to begin anonymously surveying students to draw out experiences of sexual harassment – 11 June, inews
Harrow School is set to open campus in Japan where more than 900 boarders will study following the ‘British model’ amid a ‘stunning natural setting’ – 10 June, Daily Mail
Isn’t it Time We Question Private Schools? – 11 June, Shoutoutuk.org
The private-state school funding gap in England – 9 June, common-wealth.co.uk
Head teachers ‘lack power to voice concerns over education’ in Scotland – 10 June, The Times
‘Leave education to people who know what they’re doing’ – 9 June, TES
Private Schools in the UK Accused of Mishandling Sexual Violence Claims – 9 June, Vice
Online tutoring market expected to soar in post-pandemic world – 7 June, The Independent
Dame Mary Beard calls for educational disadvantage to be tackled – 6 June, BBC
Two heads are better than one – 4 June, Independent Education Today
Longer days can help bridge the gap with independent schools – 4 June, The Times
Boris Johnson’s huge private school bill after £50-per-pupil insult to your kids – 3 June, The Mirror
Britain is becalmed by apathy: Where is the rage? – 3 June, The New European
Laptop library opens to help disadvantaged pupils struggling to get online – 2 June, The Independent
Shernold Prep School in Maidstone to close due to falling numbers – 1 June, KentOnline
What Oxford taught me about posh people – 1 June, Unherd
May 2021
Exclusive: Independent schools reap benefits as Hong Kong families move to UK – 31 May, The Telegraph
Illegal schools: Government accused of ‘unacceptable’ delays to crackdown – 30 May, Schools Week
The best value private schools in the UK – 27 May, The Telegraph
Importance of being Eton – 26 May, Prospect Magazine
‘It was like Lord of the Flies’ – Horrific accounts of abuse could be boarding schools’ ‘MeToo’ moment – 25 May, Herald Scotland
‘It would be hard to replicate these experiences’: Inside the Scottish boarding school boom – 24 May, Daily Telegraph
Parents fear for pupils’ mental state at £53,000 fee school – 24 May, BBC
MSPs four times as likely to have been educated at private school – 24 May, The Sunday Times.
The reckoning with sexual violence began in private school – 24 May, GQ Magazine
In defence of meritocracy – 19 May, New Statesman
Make class protected characteristic, urges Social Mobility Commission – 20 May, Personnel Today
The Civil Service is full of privileged people – but it could become a role model for fair career progression – 20 May, inews.
Class of senior civil servants has barely changed since 1967, report reveals – 20 May, The Guardian
Cambridge takes record numbers of ethnic minority and state pupils – 20 May, The Times
China bars foreign curricula, ownership in some private schools – 17 May, Reuters
Teacher tells of despair over bullying and sexual abuse at private school – 16 May, Herald Scotland
Female ‘diversity officer’ quits top £17,000-a-year private school after less than a year after institution was accused of ‘widespread racist abuse – 13 May, Daily Mail
Careful design needed to make Post-Qualification Offer system work, says Russell Group – 13 May, FE News
An unhealthy obsession with Westminster – it’s time for career politicians to make way for ordinary people – 13 May, The Independent
Has private education’s bubble burst? – 13 May, The Times
First drop in independent school student numbers in a decade – 12 May, IE Today
First decline in private school pupils for ten years – 12 May, The Times
Concerns over impartiality of school abuse review – 12 May, BBC
Growth in private school fees slows during pandemic – 11 May, Financial Times.
DfE finally hits target on laptops for disadvantaged – 11 May, TES
Private school students get into Oxbridge more because they’re just smarter, says professor – 11 May, The Tab
Defence bosses spent £83m last year on private school for officers’ kids but just £78m on soldiers with PTSD – 9 May, The Sun
Brits 2021: Elite education makes women top of the pops – 9 May, The Sunday Times
Are Private Schools A Place For Young Black Girls? – 7 May, Black Ballad
Etonians feel born to rule – and we all pay the price for it – 6 May, The Guardian
Facing the financial future-independent schools are facing some unique financial challenges – 4 May, Independent Education Today
The reality of what British soldiers went through during the Troubles – 6 May, The Telegraph
Sidcup private school to cover fees for children of NHS key workers – 5 May, London News Online
Why there is no German Bullingdon Club – 3 May, The New European
Boris Johnson’s view of women ‘forever impacted’ by not mixing with girls until much older than average child, says senior Tory MP – 2 May, The Independent
Private school parents face bills of hundreds of pounds for their children’s GCSEs and A-levels – even though the exams were axed – 2 May, Daily Mail
Britain’s overgrown Eton schoolboys have turned the country into their playground – 2 May, The Guardian
Suburban private schools reap the benefits as families move out of London – 1 May, The Telegraph
April 2021
Are private schools really worth the money any more? – 30 April, The Telegraph
Gavin Williamson wants to turn more state schools into academies – 28 April, The Guardian
Woke wars at New York’s elite schools (fees $50,000) – 28 April, The Times
Will Young on prep school, PTSD and psychotherapy: ‘Shame doesn’t help anything’ – 26 April, The Guardian
David Cameron introduced schoolfriend to Tory ‘fixer’ to discuss Covid tests – 26 April, The Guardian
Westminster and the truth about the class ceiling – 24 April, Spectator
Exclusive: Private schools to cash in on remote lessons – 23 April, TES
Sarwar accepts criticism over private school policy – 22 April, TES
Private schools should be ‘phased out’, says report – 20 April, TES
£36,000-a-year Catholic boarding school Ampleforth College FAILS its Ofsted report just days after ministers intervened to save it following sex abuse cover-up scandal – 20 April, Mail Online
Oxbridge should not discriminate against private school pupils because they get more firsts, head says – 19 April, The Times
British schools beat retreat from China – 17 April, The Times
Everyone’s Invited: Policies alone can’t solve the problems – 15 April, Schools Week
Millfield School responds to ‘completely unacceptable’ sexual assault described on whistleblowing website – 14 April, Somerset Live
Meet Zan Moon, The Woman Behind The Instagram Account Highlighting Rape Culture In Schools – 14 April, Elle
Private schools accused of obscuring how little they spend on scholarships – 13 April, The Times
Private school scholarships ‘do little’ for inclusion – 13 April, TES
Lay off private schools, Gavin. There’s bad behaviour in comprehensives too – 11 April, The Times
Musa Okwonga: ‘Boys don’t learn shamelessness at Eton, it is where they perfect it’ – 10 April, The Guardian
Macron announces closure of elite school that hothoused French leaders – 8 April, The Guardian
Ofsted chief inspector suggests there may not be any ‘rape culture’ within schools and says many pupils’ sex assault claims are result of videos and pictures taken in the outside world – 8 April, Mail Online
Covid: teachers reject catchup options of extended school day and shorter holidays – 7 April, The Guardian
Ofsted inspectors to visit schools facing sexual abuse claims – 7 April, The Guardian
Top private school to investigate claims teachers forced girls to kneel on floor to measure skirts – 5 April, The Telegraph
My second-rate private school gave me a better education than today’s elite establishments ever would – 5 April, The Telegraph
Ending ‘rape culture’ in schools starts at home, says leading headmistress – 3 April, The Telegraph
PETER HITCHENS: We’ve seen it before… the ‘rape culture’ frenzy will ruin innocent lives – 3 April, Mail Online
Bridging the gap: UK university students tutor disadvantaged pupils – 2 April, The Guardian
Exclusive: Elite schools ‘ignored us when we warned them about rape culture’ – 2 April, The Telegraph
March 2021
Ofsted chief asked for greater powers to check for abuse in private schools – 30 March, Guardian
‘Rape culture’: Children’s tsar wants Ofsted ‘focus’ – 30 March, TES
Call for probe into claims of ‘rape culture’ at independent schools – 29 March, ITV
Everyone’s Invited: Rape culture website stops naming schools amid fears they take ‘disproportionate’ blame – 26 March, Schools Week
‘People demean me because of how I speak’: Durham second year on classism at university – 25 March, The Tab
Senior army officer convicted of £48,000 Dorset boarding school fee fraud – 25 March, Guardian
Major general jailed for Dorset school fees fraud – 25 March, BBC News
Rape normal at private school, says dossier of 170 testimonies – 24 March, The Times
Claims of school sexual harassment may become national scandal, warns senior MP – 23 March, Evening Standard
Dulwich College accused of being a ‘breeding ground for sexual predators’, in an open letter from former pupil – 21 March, iNews
Dulwich College turns boys into sexual abusers, former pupil claims – 21 March, The Times
Private school opens ‘female fight club’ to teach pupils boardroom skills – 20 March, Telegraph
‘Boys at Britain’s elite schools know they can get away with toxic sexual behaviour’ – 20 March, Telegraph
Private schools chase inner-city ‘drive’ – 19 March, The Times
Private schools say anonymous reports of sexual abuse put them in ‘difficult’ position – 19 March, Telegraph
How mentors can help to close the attainment gap – 19 March, TES
Only 44% of catch-up tutoring helps poorest pupils – 17 March, TES
Schools Covid catch-up programme ‘not reaching disadvantaged pupils’ – 17 March, Guardian
Covid catch-up tutors meet no more than third of demand – 17 March, TES
Scottish private schools apologise to former pupils abused in their care – 16 March, BBC News
Report boys to the police for sexual abuse, top schools told – 14 March, The Times
‘A community of equals’: the private school with no fees, set up by a south London teacher – 13 March, Guardian
We should be grateful to Chinese investors bringing new life to our schools – 10 March, School Management Plus
Paper reveals independent school leaders’ pay – 8 March, School Management Plus
England’s school catch-up scheme ‘chaotic and confusing’, say headteachers – 7 March, Guardian
Private School Pay List: rise in £100,000 salaries sparks fears of brain drain – 7 March, The Times
Readers’ poll: should private schools lose their charitable status? – 7 March, The Times
A Bullingdon in reverse: how working-class student club is taking on elitism – 6 March, Guardian
Bristol Uni students REJECT private school admissions cap – 5 March, The Tab
‘Get ahead of the argument’: independent schools and their public contribution – 4 March, IE Today
Fees: under the microscope – 4 March, IE Today
A-levels: Poorer students ‘three grades behind’ – 1 March, BBC News
Longer ‘catch-up’ school days risk widening socio-economic divides – 1 March, The Times
RBKC put ‘narrow commercial goals’ before community in pre-Grenfell property deals, leader says – 1 March, Inside Housing
February 2021
Private pupils shunned by Oxbridge are being ‘driven overseas’ – 28 February, The Times
Grade inflation could be here to stay unless entire exam system is overhauled, Ofqual advisor warns – 26 February, Telegraph
Grade inflation could be here to stay unless entire exam system is overhauled, Ofqual advisor warns – 25 February, Mail Online
School catch-up package ‘nowhere near big enough’ – 24 February, TES
Students to vote on a motion to cap private school admissions at SU AMM meeting – 23 February, Epigram
Poorer primary pupils in England up to seven months behind due to Covid – 23 February, Guardian
Meet the 93% Club – 23 February, Palatinate
‘We need 10,000 more laptops for children’ Tower Hamlets schools plead – 22 February, East London Advertiser
The British schools selling out to Beijing: Not only are private institutions being bought by Chinese firms but some are giving communist-approved lessons that are a threat to free speech – 21 February, Mail on Sunday
How to prepare for Oxbridge like a private school – 19 February, TES
Private school admissions rise for third year in a row – 18 February, Palatinate
Charity Commission looks into proposals for historic independent schools merger in Coventry – 16 February, Coventry Observer
Watchdog to accuse UK ministers of institutional bias against children – 16 February, Guardian
By accepting fewer independent school students, is Oxbridge punishing middle-class parents? – 15 February, Telegraph
David Beckham backs campaign to help children get laptops during lockdown – 15 February, Independent
Head issues plea to save Ampleforth College – 13 February, The Times
‘One coach said he was impressed by how hard I worked – since my dad was a billionaire!’: Leeds striker Patrick Bamford, whose father is actually an architect from Newark, on fighting prejudice that he’s too posh to be a proper footballer – 13 February, Mail on Sunday
Eton sees Oxbridge offers halve in recent years amid diversity drive – 12 February, Telegraph
Revealed: The unis who let in the fewest state school students – 12 February, The Tab
Two in five top universities see drop in students from state schools – 11 February, Independent
Daneshill School failed various standards during inspection – 10 February, Basingstoke Gazette
Don’t let girls’ schools vanish in the rush to co‑ed – 10 February, The Times
Covid hits exam-taking and poorer pupils worst, study finds – 8 February, Guardian
Unions push back at plan to extend school summer term by TWO WEEKS as Boris Johnson vows to go ‘flat out’ to help children catch up after Covid – 8 February, Mail Online
Planning your finances to meet the costs of education – 8 February, Insider.co.uk
Private schools planning a longer summer term – 7 February, Telegraph
Eton teacher who was sacked over lecture attacking ‘radical feminist orthodoxy’ says ‘controversy is essential’ in education and reveals Tory ministers have contacted him to offer their support – 7 February, Mail Online
Exclusive: Winchester College row as parents revolt over sex education lessons – 4 February, Telegraph
IGCSE and IAlevels 2021: Pearson scraps exams in U-turn – 3 February, TES
Not all exams are cancelled: IGCSEs are going ahead, but is that fair? – 2 February, Telegraph
January 2021
Private school bursaries ‘still too scarce’ to tackle inequality – 31 January, Guardian
Union snubs jabs for teachers: Hardline bosses accused of waging class war as they pour cold water on top schools’ drive to vaccinate 1million staff in half-term break – 30 January, Mail Online
School closures: Pupils will fall a year behind but the mental harm may last longer – 28 January, The Times
Portugal blocks remote lessons at private schools to help state pupils – 27 January, The Times
Surge in British private schools opening in China – 26 January, TES
THE SUN SAYS Prospect of schools staying shut until Easter is a nightmare for our kids’ education… Williamson must provide clarity – 24 January, The Sun
Winchester, one of the last boys’ boarding schools, may admit girls – 24 January, The Times
Oxbridge set to make fewer offers this year in bid to avoid ‘chaos’ of 2020 – 23 January, Telegraph
Two-thirds of leaders ‘sourcing IT equipment’ for poorest pupils themselves, study finds – 21 January, Schools Week
Should we stay or should we go? Boarding school parents like me are feeling conflicted – 20 January, Telegraph
Revealed: How teaching became the hardest profession – 20 January, TES
‘Digital poverty’ could lead to lost generation of university students, vice-chancellors say – 18 January, Telegraph
Private school parents told they will not be issued refunds for closures due to charity law – 16 January, Telegraph
The gap between independent and state schools has never looked wider or more shameful – 14 January, Telegraph
Riz Ahmed: Classism prepared me for acting – 14 January, Female First
Free school meals firm offers very different serving at private schools – 12 January, Metro
‘Zoom classes invade our privacy’: The astonishing reason teachers are being excused from giving live online lessons as survey reveals divide between state and private schools – 10 January, Mail Online
Coronavirus: New school rules could undermine lockdown and put poorest families at greatest risk, experts warn – 9 January, Independent
Private school furlough claim not ‘in spirit of scheme’ – 9 January, Schools Week
IGCSE exams taken in private schools still going ahead – 8 January, BBC News
Poorer Pupils Are Still Without Laptops And Internet Needed For Home Learning, Warn Campaigners – 7 January, HuffPost
GCSEs 2021: Private heads ‘fuming’ after ‘buck passed’ – 7 January, TES
GCSEs 2021: Gove points towards teacher assessment – 5 January, TES
Private school pupils twice as likely to get on to civil service fast track – 3 January, The Times
Northern pupils ‘missing out’ on Oxbridge as thousands of southern students given places – 2 January, The Sun
