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September 2021
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
December 2020
Throughout history Britain’s ruling class has created crisis after crisis – just like now – 27 December, The Guardian
I am the parent of a Black child at a private school – the sector is shockingly behind on matters of diversity and inclusion – 22 December, The Independent
Old Etonians threaten to withhold millions in row over sacked teacher Will Knowland – 21 December, The Times
An all-fees scholarship to Eton? This coach can help – 21 December, The Times
State pupils given Cambridge place without interview – 19 December, The Times
Sutton High School first to sign black hairstyles pledge – 18 December, The Times
London couple ‘used illicit funds from Azerbaijan to send models to Ibiza by private jet and pay school fees’ – 17 December, Evening Standard
Pupils’ historical abuse at London schools claims total £1m – 17 December, BBC News
Child sexual abuse in schools often an open secret, says inquiry – 17 December, The Guardian
‘Game changer’ Covid tests for secondary schools in January – 15 December, BBC News
Pause teacher pay so private sector keeps up, says DfE – 15 December, TES
Learning a musical instrument linked to higher results in other GCSEs, study finds – 13 December, iNews
Elite girls’ boarding school Roedean ‘decolonises’ its history syllabus to challenge ‘white western narrative’ – 12 December, Mail Online
Home learning frustrations drive parents to private schools – 11 December, The Times
No tablet? Use your phone and a couple of cans for interview, says Cambridge uni – 11 December, Schools Week
Civilians may be called up to court martial of Major General Nick Welch – 10 December, The Times
Our education system is failing when it comes to science – 10 December, The Spectator
East End school hires etiquette coach to teach students how to sit like Kate Middleton – 8 December, Evening Standard
Make all schools coeducational by law, including Eton – 7 December, The Times
Teacher’s dismissal exposes fissures over Eton college modernisation – 4 December, The Guardian
Why a good personal statement is key to getting a place at a top university – and how to get it right – 3 December, The Telegraph
Fettes teacher facing abuse claims will not be prosecuted – 3 December, BBC News
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson calls for Eton College to admit girls – 3 December, Daily Mirror
The knives come out for Ampleforth and its monks – 1 December, The Critic
November 2020
‘Aggressively woke’ Eton faces huge staff backlash as free speech row loses control – 30 November, Express
New pupils barred from top UK Catholic school after abuse scandal – 28 November, The Guardian
I’ve changed my mind: grammar schools are unhealthy and must go – 28 November, The Guardian
The modern day must-haves: Today’s status symbols needed to keep ahead of the neighbours include a walk-in wardrobe, a Smeg fridge and having a cleaner, study says – 27 November, Mail Online
Clifton College’s ‘wall of silence’ over teacher’s abuse – 27 November, BBC News
Private schools record biggest rise in top A-level grades in England – 26 October, The Guardian
Meet Izzy Gardiner: Hockey’s voice for more state school inclusion – 23 November, The Hockey Paper
Teachers warn of digital divide making it impossible to teach most deprived kids – 23 November, The Mirror
Pupils who miss lessons due to Covid are set to receive ‘easier’ entry to universities under plan to make lower A-level offers to students hardest hit by pandemic – 22 November, Mail Online
Laptop allocation cuts are betraying a generation of disadvantaged students – 21 November, The Boar
Private schools are losing their stranglehold on Who’s Who, report finds – 18 November, The Telegraph
The private school power league: The schools producing the most ‘influential’ toffs – 18 November, The Tab
Britain’s private school elite: One in seven of those who hold the most powerful positions in society went to top ten independent schools – with Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Emily Maitlis and Susanna Reid’s alma maters leading the way – 18 November, Mail Online
We cannot allow the pandemic to reverse a generation of progress in education – 15 November, The Telegraph
Overhaul university admissions so students get offers once they have their A-levels, vice-chancellors say – 13 November, iNews
Independent school launches free arts event for all UK schoolchildren – 12 November, IE Today
Private schools can exclude new teachers from pensions – 11 November, TES
Elite private school faces racism claims as ex-pupils allege annual ‘slave auction’ took place – 10 November, The Telegraph
Heads back university admissions shake-up as UCAS sets out ‘radical options’ – 9 November, Schools Week
Pupils could apply to university after A-level results day – 9 November, The Times
Outcry as private school children carry on playing sport while council pitches lie empty – 7 November, The Telegraph
The best value places to move to for good schools – 6 November, The Times
How can independent schools support SEND pupils without external support during Covid-19? – 5 November, IE Today
Private school funds ‘shot to pieces’, mergers expected – 4 November, TES
October 2020
Scotland ‘more left-wing’ than England over attitudes to tax and private schools – 29 October, Daily Record
King’s College Online — the private school that costs £6,000 a year – 28 October, The Times
Private school pupils were TWICE as likely to receive full days of online lessons during lockdown than those at state schools – 26 October, Mail Online
‘Generation Covid’ hit hard by the pandemic, research reveals – 26 October, BBC News
Those who can’t afford it can’t teach – 24 October, Schools Week
UK’s top universities urged to act on classism and accent prejudice – 24 October, The Guardian
Students from northern England facing ‘toxic attitude’ at Durham University – 19 October, The Guardian
GCSEs and A-levels: Grade boundaries for 2020 autumn exams to be lowered compared to past years – 16 October, iNews
Chess’s cheating crisis: ‘paranoia has become the culture’ – 16 October, The Guardian
Private schools group branded ‘insensitive’ over partnership with debt collection agency – 16 October, Schools Week
Six legal ways to cut your tax bill while saving money for private school – 13 October, The Telegraph
How much to save to send a child to private school – whether it’s 10 years away or one – 12 October, The Telegraph
Britain’s best universities are dominated by private schools. Could I help level the playing field? – 10 October, The Guardian
Exams crisis led to nearly a quarter of parents considering private schooling, Courier poll finds – 9 October, The Courier
State school pupils less likely to have access to counselling support on site – 9 October, The Telegraph
BBC to launch diversity drive as figures show fifth of news staff went to private school – 8 October, The Telegraph
See all the winners of the Tatler Schools Awards now – 7 October, Tatler
The education sector is in a rut. Independent schools can help to break the cycle – 6 October, The Telegraph
Private schools treated like ‘society’s villains’ because of ‘stereotyping and prejudice’, says top headteacher – 5 October, iNews
“We did everything we could” says private school who told parents to pay up over Covid fees row – 5 October, Coventry Live
For the chancellor, charity begins at boarding school – 4 October, Yorkshire Bylines
Coronavirus in the UK: A poor schools’ pandemic – 2 October, World Socialist Web Site
Holbeach and Donington schools join initiative to inspire pupils – 1 October, Spalding Today
September 2020
Half of City partners attended private schools – 28 September, The Law Society Gazette
University entrance: The ‘taboo’ about who doesn’t go – 27 September, BBC News
Inside the private schools bypassing the NHS and building their own elite Covid systems – 27 September, The Telegraph
Leading state and private schools including Eton launch joint fight to scrap ‘unfair and unreliable’ GCSE exams – 27 September, Mail Online
‘Scrap GCSEs to protect pupils’ mental health’ – 26 September, The Times
GCSE and A-level content may need to be halved to make 2021 exams viable, private schools warn – 24 September, iNews
Starmer demands taskforce to close attainment gap – 22 September, Schools Week
Independent schools can play a part in tackling regional inequality in education – 22 September, Politics Home
Private and state schools bid to kill off GCSEs – 20 September, The Guardian
GCSE disadvantage gap shrank in 2020 – 18 September, TES
A-level and GCSEs could be held in public buildings next year, education secretary says – 16 September, The Telegraph
England’s state schools suffering biggest fall in funding since 1980s, says IFS – 18 September, The Guardian
‘Drill and kill’ for England’s state schools while private sector goes progressive – 18 September, The Guardian
Coronavirus: Kings Monkton head speaks out over face masks – 18 September, BBC News
Testing fiasco hits ‘nearly every school in England’ with up to 25,000 teachers and thousands of pupils forced to self-isolate at home two weeks in new term – 17 September, Mail Online
Number of independent schools withdrawing from TPS doubles following contribution increases – 16 September, Pensions Age
Top private boarding school Bedales gives pupils extra hour in bed to improve teens’ academic work and mental health – 15 September, iNews
England’s exam system is broken – let’s never put it together again – 15 September, The Guardian
Coronavirus: The story of the big U-turn of the summer – 13 September, BBC News
Five years of University admissions statistics reveals the disadvantages faced by state-educated students – 12 September, Varsity
Lack of teacher edtech skills a challenge during Covid – 9 September, TES
Private school teacher training ‘boosts state sector’ – 9 September, TES
Agenda: It is time for the Highers exam system to go – 7 September, The Herald
Schools asking children to wear face masks even when there is no local lockdown – 3 September, The Telegraph
Schools should reinstate PE lessons, Ofsted chief says – 3 September, The Telegraph
August 2020
‘Empathy and collaboration will ensure stability for private schools’ – 21 August, IE Education Today
Max Hastings: The private schools racket is falling apart – 21 August, The Times
Kevin McKenna: Private schools sum up all that is wrong with our society – 19 August, The National
‘Drill and kill’ for England’s state schools while private sector goes progressive – 18 August, The Guardian
The real problem is that England’s education system rewards the rich – 18 August, The Guardian
A-level results: ‘Rampant’ grade inflation in Latin and classics, while state schools unfairly hit by lowered marks, charity says – 17 August, The Independent
‘Great relief’ from school chiefs over government A-level grade u-turn after ministers heeded calls from Eton College headmaster to dump the ‘unfair’ algorithm – 17 August, Daily Mail
A-level results chaos to end in court battle – 16 August, The Sunday Times
England’s cricket stars are now nearly all privately educated – 16 August, The Sunday Times
A Level crisis: they couldn’t have handled it worse if they’d tried – 15 August, The Article
Did England exam system favour private schools? – 14 August, Channel 4
Worcester College at Oxford accepts all students with offers amid A-level chaos – 14 August, LBC
England A-level downgrades hit pupils from disadvantaged areas hardest – 13 August, The Guardian
A Level grading ‘equality impacts’ must be considered by Ofqual, EHRC says – 13 August, Evening Standard
A-level results: Mixed emotions at independent schools – 13 August, Independent Education Today
First-generation university students more likely to drop out, research finds – 12 August, the i
Is this new online-only private school the future of education? – 10 August, Daily Telegraph
State pupil boom in private schools – 9 August, The Times
Private schools bring in the lawyers to prepare for A-level appeals – 8 August, The Times
School funding plan ‘benefits wealthier pupils most’ – 7 August, BBC
The pandemic puts a strain on elite private schools – 2 August, The Economist
July 2020
The coronavirus has left the education sector in disarray: What can private schools do to boost their chances of survival? – 31 July, London Loves Business
Lockdown has dealt a blow to state education – 30 July, Spiked
Coronavirus latest: British boarding schools chartering flights to make sure Chinese pupils arrive next term – 30 July, iNews
Soon there’ll be no reason for any parent to send their children to private school – 27 July, The Guardian
Boarding schools back in style as parents worry about a Covid-19 second wave – 27 July, The Telegraph
Anxious middle-classes look to private schools after coronavirus disruption – 26 July, The Guardian
Oxford to accept ‘star’ pupils from poor schools – 26 July, The Times
School’s out for the summer – but not for the children of Britain’s elite – 25 July, The Telegraph
Top private school had ‘culture of inflating predicted grades’ – 24 July, The Telegraph
Why I want to stop hockey being just a ‘white, private school sport’, says GB’s Emily Defroand on her mission for diversity – 21 July, Newschain
Cuts to university targets in England are insulting to working-class people like me – 21 July, The Guardian
Meet the parents who are bypassing teaching unions by building their own summer schools – 19 July, The Telegraph
‘Only a zealot would oppose’: should the UK nationalise struggling private schools? – 18 July, The Guardian
Online lessons create classes of ‘zoombies’ – 14 July, The Times
Top UK law schools require higher A-Level grades from poorer students, research finds – 13 July, Legal Cheek
Half of exam-year UK pupils given no school work since March, finds study – 14 July, The Guardian
MONEY FEARS Top Scots private school sparks fury from parents over new uniform cost – 12 July, The Scottish Sun
Private schools see a surge of interest as parents look for more structured learning – 12 July, The Telegraph
Does the curriculum really need ‘decolonising’? –11 July, Spiked
Dame Christine Ryan appointed chair of Ofsted –10 July, Schools Week
Private schools had an opportunity to help less fortunate kids this year, but they’ve so far failed – 9 July, The Telegraph
Predicted grades awarded this summer will be ‘dodgy’, private school chief warns – 9 July, The Telegraph
Winterbourne independent school to close with loss of 55 jobs – 8 July, Frome Valley Voice
The growing educational apartheid – 6 July, The Spectator
IB results day 2020: Average score up to four-year high – 6 July, TES
Some state school pupils will study just five or six GCSEs as teachers cram to make up for lost learning – while those in private sector will do nine or 10 – 5 July, Mail Online
Private schools could be shut over racism – 5 July, The Telegraph
Ex-private school inspection chief to be Ofsted chair – 5 July, TES
Push for selective sixth forms to improve education in north – 4 July, The Times
Universities banned from making ‘strings attached’ unconditional offers until September 2021 – 3 July, iNews
Hundreds of gangsters arrested as police crack criminals’ private messaging network – 2 July, The Telegraph
My son may only be two, but the race is on to plan his route to public school – 1 July, The Telegraph
Are private schools serious about tackling racism? I give them a D- – 1 July, The Guardian
June 2020
Even the oldest schools must keep pace with modern thinking – that means making our curriculum more diverse – 29 June, The Telegraph
Private schools accuse ministers of ‘ignoring’ their offers to provide summer catch-up courses for local children in letter to Education Secretary Gavin Willia – 28 June, Mail Online
Who is Kate Green? 8 facts about the shadow education secretary – 28 June, Schools Week
Private schools offer state pupils summer catch-up sessions – 27 June, The Telegraph
Is going private the only way to get my daughter back to school? – 27 June, The Spectator
Pandemic promises to be unlikely saviour of ailing private schools – 26 June, The Times
Ministers may move university applications to after A-level results – 26 June, The Guardian
Decolonising the curriculum – 25 June, The Critic
How Lodge Park in Corby has taken the private school approach to lockdown learning – 26 June, Northamptonshire Telegraph
‘Schools can learn from each other to keep staff happy’ – 23 June, BBC News
Black students and alumni from elite US private schools – including Exeter, Andover, Chapin, and Greenwich Academy – detail the horrific racism they faced during their years there – 23 June, Mail Online
Eton apologises to Nigerian ex-student Onyeama for racism – 23 June, Mail Online
BAME students make up one-fifth of new Oxford undergraduates – 23 June, Guardian
Sophie, Countess of Wessex’s children attend school with this sweet Royal Family link – 22 June, Express
Private schools hire marquees to allow pupils to return – 22 June, TES
School’s out: the true cost of classroom closures – 20 June, The Spectator
Exclusive: Private school unveils its own track and trace system – 19 June, Telegraph
More than 200 pupils highlight racism issues at top private school – 18 June, Eastern Daily Press
Private schools are offering their buildings and grounds for summer catch-up lessons for ‘disadvantaged’ state pupils left behind by lockdown – 17 June, Mail Online
Exclusive: Private schools set to ignore Government and open in September ‘come what may’ – 16 June, Telegraph
Boarding schools are still thriving under coronavirus, Rugby insists – 16 June, The Times
The eight charts that explain the University’s 2019-2020 undergraduate admissions data – 16 June, Varsity
Coronavirus in Scotland: parents rush to private schools – 16 June, The Times
ABUSE PROBE Cops launch historic abuse probe into Hollywood star Ewan McGregor’s old school Morrison’s Academy in Perthshire – 15 June, Scottish Sun
Why I wrote an open letter to my old private school asking them to decolonise their curriculum – and why all private schools should follow – 15 June, Telegraph
Top public school accused of ‘toxic culture of racism’ among pupils – 14 June, Observer
Private schools with spacious sites urged to share space with cramped state schools – 12 June, The i
Ofsted: Private school fined thousands for breaking new pupil ban – 12 June, Schools Week
Alumni of top London private schools call on bosses to ‘teach about white privilege’ and ‘decolonise the canon’ – 11 June, Evening Standard
Inside the army of private tutors keeping wealthy kids’ education on track this summer – 11 June, Telegraph
For the first time, I am thinking about sending my daughter to private school. Here’s why – 11 June, Telegraph
State and private schools must cooperate to rescue the education of the Covid generation – 10 June, Telegraph
Coronavirus: 700,000 children ‘doing no school work’ – 10 June, The Times
Grammar schools admit fewer children from poorer families despite Government push to widen intakes – 9 June, The i
It’s still rich v poor in English schools – exactly as Boris Johnson likes it – 9 June, The Guardian
The private schools getting top marks in lockdown – 9 June, Telegraph
A school system that drives social justice: Resources & funding – 8 June, SecEd
Bristol school removes its statue of Edward Colston from display ‘immediately’ – 8 June, Bristol Post
Black Lives Matter: Top private schools urged to ‘decolonise’ their curriculums – 8 June, The i
Private schools are on the brink of collapse. Thank you, coronavirus. – 7 June, The Canary
Last remaining girls’ boarding school to introduce day pupils as they acknowledge ‘family life has evolved’ – 6 June, Telegraph
Ex-private school director ‘unable’ to repay £150k loan – 5 June, Schools Week
Coronavirus: Private school closures will put pressure on state – 5 June, Schools Week
Tim Davie’s hellish new job as BBC director general – 5 June, BBC News
1 in 10 private schools leaves Teachers’ Pension Scheme – 4 June, TES
York’s Minster School becomes latest casualty among independent schools shuttered for good by coronavirus – 4 June, The Yorkshire Post
Independent schools, please stand up for your black students, listen to them and respect them – 1 June, Independent
‘Eton is closed – why aren’t we?’ Haringey parents protest schools return and say coronavirus risk is ‘too high’ – 1 June, Ham & High
Boris Johnson’s former prep school to close over ‘coronavirus impact’ – 1 June, Schools Week
Pupils need schooling this summer to help them make up lost ground – 1 June, Telegraph
A week at Eton (virtually): taking classes at the school’s online portal – 1 June, The Times
May 2020
Revealed: Only a fifth of state-school pupils work for 20 hours a week during lockdown lessons – in a stark contrast to 63 per cent of privately educated pupils – 31 May, Mail Online
Calderdale private school defies Government pressure to reopen on Monday – 29 May, Halifax Courier
Call for ‘rapid expansion’ of free laptops scheme – 27 May, TES
School ‘alarm bells’ as elite unis ask for student data – 27 May, TES
Top universities say they would have to admit large numbers of students with low or no grades to hit access targets – 27 May, iNews
A school system that drives social justice: Collaboration vs competition – 25 May, SecEd
How state and private school comparisons mislead and do North no favours – 22 May, Yorkshire Post
Prep school to close for good after coronavirus ‘unravels plans for growth’ – 25 May, East Anglian Daily Times
Independent schools may consider ‘keeping Year 6 pupils at home’ amid reopening – 21 May, Newschain
Private schools could keep Year 6 pupils at home – 21 May, TES
Councils could block up to 250,000 pupils returning to school on June 1, 20 May, Telegraph
Tony Blair BACKS Boris Johnson’s plans to reopen schools – as teaching unions and the government continue to clash over June 1 target – 19 May, Mail Online
Coronavirus: Attainment gap could widen by 75%, DfE official warns – 16 May, Schools Week
Why we need a national tutoring service – 15 May, TES
‘The pandemic has magnified inequalities tenfold’: How are British teachers coping in lockdown? – 15 May, Telegraph
Universities must not forget about BAME students during this crisis – 14 May, Wonkhe
Coronavirus crisis pushes private school to open up to ‘wider catchment group’ – 14 May, East Anglian Daily Times
Revealed: Guidance on reopening colleges safely – 14 May, TES
‘We must build a better, fairer assessment system’ – 13 May, TES
Lockdown is making the gap between rich and poor kids even worse – 13 May, Telegraph
Could maximum class sizes of 15 pupils significantly improve our children’s school life? – 12 May, Telegraph
Exclusive: Fears 30% of private schools will go bust – 8 May, TES
Coronavirus: Head teachers fear ‘ghost schools’ as parents keep children at home – 8 May, The Times
Sutton Trust study highlights digital divide – 8 May, IE Today
Independent schools ‘accelerating’ TPS exit talks – 6 May, IE Today
Caroline Lucas and Lloyd Russell-Moyle: schools must stay shut – 6 May, The Argus
Collapsed private school attended by Sarah Ferguson and Juliet Stevenson ‘holds parents to ransom by demanding they pay £3,900 summer term fees to secure children’s GCSE results’ – 6 May, Mail Online
Private schools reopen: Will private schools reopen before state schools? – 6 May, Express
Private school business rate changes to be delayed a year – 4 May, BBC Scotland
Pressure mounting on Jersey’s government to assist fee-paying schools – 4 May, ITV News
Scottish private schools ‘saved’ as charitable relief extended due to pandemic – 3 May, The Herald
COVID-19 shines a light on inequality, Britain’s elite Eton College says – 2 May, Reuters
Private schools with significant endowments should return PPP loans: Mnuchin – 1 May, Reuters
April 2020
Times letters: Cutting school summer holiday to four weeks – 30 April, The Times
The brave new world of home learning is leaving the poorest kids behind. But it needn’t be like this – 30 April, The Telegraph
Private schools warned over colluding to fix fees during coronavirus pandemic – 29 April, The Telegraph
Coronavirus crisis no excuse for price-fixing, private schools warned – 29 April, The Guardian
Private schools warned over ‘collusion to fix fees’ by watchdog – 29 April, The Times
Coronavirus in the UK: Private schools warned against colluding over fee cuts in wake of Covid-19 school closures – 29 April, iNews
Competition watchdog warns private schools over fee-fixing collusion during coronavirus outbreak – 29 April, Schools Week
Private schools warned over fees ‘collusion’ – 29 April, TES
Why private schools could reopen sooner than state-funded schools – 29 April, Daily Express
Tonbridge pupils get creative with ‘sleepout’ for homeless charity – 28 April, Times Local News
Chinese investors pull another private school back from brink– 28 April, The Times
GCSEs: DfE and Ofqual accused of not addressing bias – 27 April, TES
How is home-schooling widening the class divide? – 27 April, The Voice
Long-Bailey: Lack of ‘overarching message’ on education contributed to Labour’s defeat – 24 April, Schools Week
‘We all have busy work lives but everyone can spare an hour’: Former state-school pupils are inspiring younger generations in their careers – 24 April, iNews
The attainment gap was yawning long before Covid-19 – 23 April, TES
Private schools seek taxpayer bailout to stave off job cuts – 22 April, The Age
Private school pupils twice as likely to receive online lessons than those at state schools – 20 April, iNews
UK schools must assure int’l parents – 20 April, The Pie
School’s IN for the summer! £29,000-a-year private school will run its lost coronavirus term in July when pupils are usually on holiday – 20 April, Mail Online
Caterer provides more than 2,000 meals to vulnerable children in London during coronavirus crisis – 20 April, London News Online
Schools pushing students to attend exams against official advice – 17 April, The Times
Coronavirus: MPs to examine impact on poor white pupils – 17 April, TES
Schools must start thinking about how to reopen – 17 April, TES
A level grades could prejudice university admissions – 14 April, Schools Week
The private schools working to narrow the underprivileged attainment gap this spring – 14 April, The Telegraph
Coronavirus: ‘Help poor pupils with a catch-up premium’ – 14 April, TES
Predicted grades appeal system is not fair, ex-Ucas chief says as she warns it favours middle class students – 14 April, The Telegraph
Coronavirus: Schools can expect rise in students redoing year# – 14 April, The Times
Crisis offers chance to rethink the role of public schools – 13 April, The Times
Private schools’ land targeted for families without gardens – 12 April, The Guardian
Pupils held to ‘ransom’ by private school’s demand of fees for grades – 12 April, The Telegraph
Head warns of private school closures – 10 April, The Times
Margaret Greenwood appointed shadow schools minister – 9 April, Schools Week
‘Integrate virus-hit private schools into state system’ – 9 April, TES
Private schools furlough staff at taxpayer’s expense on government covid scheme – 9 April, Evening Standard
Coronavirus: Chinese private school ‘feeding frenzy’ – 9 April, TES
Coronavirus: Schools face ‘dry kitty’ in lockdown – 8 April, TES
UK private schools feel pandemic squeeze – 7 April, FT
Calls for private lands to be opened up across Southwark to relieve pressure on parks – 6 April, Southwark News
Coronavirus: GCSE grading plan ‘unfair’, say pupils – 6 April, TES
‘Lots of parents are unhappy’: Anger over schools ‘continuing to charge full fees’ – 6 April, Bristol Post
We need to up our game on social mobility – 4 April, The Telegraph
Remote learning – a brave new world? – 3 April, IE Today
Coronavirus: Schools will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades – 3 April, Schools Week
Exclusive: Hundreds private schools ‘bust by Christmas’ – 3 April, TES
Elite private school group HMC takes on new chair – 1 April, TES
Private schools in UK struggling as coronavirus costs bite – 1 April, The Guardian
March 2020
Coronavirus: Pupils won’t get free school meal vouchers during Easter holidays – 31 March, Schools Week
Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law – 31 March, Legal Cheek
Can I get a refund on private school fees during coronavirus? Who qualifies and how do you apply? – 31 March, The Telegraph
Councillor’s ‘oven-ready’ scheme to force private schools to pay their bit – 31 March, The Guardian
Coronavirus in Scotland: Top Edinburgh school offers free parking for NHS staff – 30 March, The Herald
Coronavirus GCSEs: Don’t inflate grades, teachers told – 30 March, TES
Coronavirus: Prep schools expected to cut fees – 30 March, TES
Private school parents demand fee refunds over fears institutions could go bankrupt – 28 March, The Telegraph
Give poor families free tablets and laptops and unlimited data to boost home learning, say Teach First – 27 March, iNews
KGS fee freeze, support for key workers & daily messages to students from the Head Master – 25 March, Kingston Grammar School
Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to coronavirus – 25 March, FE Week
Coronavirus: ‘Use national test to check GCSE grades’ – 25 March, TES
Coronavirus in the UK: Private schools likely to fold as result of the Covid-19 crisis, independent schools boss warns – 24 March, iNews
Fear that fees will dry up grips private schools – 24 March, The Times
Coronavirus: IGCSEs cancelled worldwide – 24 March, TES
Coronavirus in the UK: Private schools likely to fold as result of the Covid-19 crisis, independent schools boss warns – 24 March, iNews
Why am I still paying full whack for my children’s private school when it’s now shut? – 24 March, The Telegraph
Last year one Oxford college admitted 96% of its students from state schools. How did they do it? – 24 March, The Guardian
Black students will suffer most from A-level cancellations – they routinely outperform their predicted grades – 23 March, Independent
Coronavirus update: Eton College to take key workers’ children– 21 March, The Times
DfE reveals how it will provide grades for pupils this summer– 20 March, Schools Week
Coronavirus: How schools are stepping up to keep disadvantaged pupils fed– 20 March, Schools Week
Predicted A-level grades are wrong four times out of five, universities warn– 19 March, The Telegraph
Fears that cancelling exams will hit BAME and poor pupils worst– 19 March, The Guardian
Coronavirus: ‘Teachers have been heroes and will adapt’– 19 March, TES
Coronavirus: Teacher assessment likely to replace exams– 19 March, TES
Exams have been cancelled – so what happens now?– 18 March, Schools Week
The expert in social mobility who says education cannot make it happen– 17 March, The Guardian
The IGCSE isn’t available in state schools, and many believe it benefits private-school pupils– 15 March, iNews
Private schools’ £100m rates relief at risk– 14 March, The Times
Help us nationalise more private schools, head tells DfE– 11 March, Schools Week
Private schools campaign to scrap GCSEs– 11 March, TES
Is the day of the private school over?– 11 March, Evening Standard (ES Magazine)
Teacher from Leeds secretly filmed young boys in showers at private schools– 11 March, Leeds Live
GCSEs blight pupils’ lives so let’s be brave and abandon them, head says– 11 March, The Times
Before society can ‘level up’, the ruling Eton-Winchester clique needs levelling down– 10 March, The Guardian
“Why do we want the state involved in education?”– 9 March, Schools Week
Bad local transport linked to failing schools– 4 March, BBC News
Collins says she’s been ‘vilified and bullied’ after revealing her daughter went to private school– 3 March, Mail Online
Disadvantaged pupils offered Birmingham grammar school places– 2 March, BBC News
Instead of rote learning useless facts, children should be taught wellbeing– 2 March, The Guardian
Taunton councillor branded a ‘Marxist’ over independent school donation plans– 2 March, Somerset County Gazette
Three brothers on bursaries ‘discarded’ by prestigious cathedral choir school– 1 March, The Telegraph
Strikes hit private schools as teachers down chalks over threat to pensions– 1 March, The Times
February 2020
Revealed: Private schools with the highest surpluses – 28 February, TES
Investigation: Independent schools hoarding millions – 28 February, TES
Most secondary heads open to making admissions fairer – 27 February, TES
Most parents value pupil wellbeing above exam results – 27 February, TES
Teachers’ Pension Scheme: should I stay or should I go? – 25 February, IE Today
Pensions: why private school staff are right to strike – 25 February, TES
Independent schools must be crucibles of innovation – 24 February, TES
Third in Edinburgh think social class was a factor in school – 24 February, The Times
‘Myopic politicians are risking our musical future’ – 23 February, TES
What kind of school is best? By Beth Cameron, Newstead Wood School – 22 February, This is Local London
DfE: Ofsted school funding report is ‘unrepresentative’ – 21 February, TES
State and private schools must work together for our children’s sake – 20 February, The Times
Private schools launch high street ‘benefits card’ to subsidise bursaries for pupils from poorer backgrounds – 20 February, iNews
Call to scrap ‘elitist’ Oxford application fee – 19 February, BBC News
Schools ‘reducing curriculum breadth’ because of funding pressures, says Amanda Spielman – 19 February, Schools Week
Bolton state school and private sector working recognised at Celebrating Partnerships – 18 February, Bolton News
Teachers asked to sacrifice pay to save their pensions – 18 February, TES
Outreach Update – 17 February, Forest News
UK universities face pressure to reform admissions process – 17 February, The Guardian
Pay plans will ‘shortchange’ most teachers, say unions – 17 February, TES
State pupils flock to Oxford college — and degree results soar – 16 February, The Times
DfE proposes legal definition of ‘full-time’ education – 14 February, Schools Week
Private schools students have increased every year at two Russell Group universities – 13 February
Exclusive: Lord Agnew ‘to leave’ the DfE – 13 February, Schools Week
4 myths about opening franchise schools overseas – 13 February, TES
Schools minister Nick Gibb survives another reshuffle – 13 February, TES
Plaistow teacher launches Gofundme scholarship bid to send pupil to top independent school – 12 February, Newham Recorder
Want to survive, private schools? Then improve society – 11 February, TES
Alarm at Ofsted-style plan to rank universities by graduate earnings – 11 February, The Guardian
The Guardian view on new GCSEs: bad news for disadvantaged pupils – 11 February, The Guardian
Exclusive: More private school teacher pensions strikes – 11 February, TES
Teachers of private Hartford school which costs £9.6K a year set to strike for six days – 10 February, Cheshire Live
Oxbridge, look at pupils’ backgrounds – not school – 9 February, TES
Five east London students from one of the country’s most deprived areas win scholarships to top private schools including Eton – 7 February, Mail Online
Blind application processes, not positive discrimination, would level the playing field – 7 February, iNews
Sixth former secures partnership with Eton College – 4 February, IE Today
Why did business rates become a battleground? – 4 February, BBC News
Rayner: ‘Tories must address damage done by cuts’ – 4 February, TES
Two Chinese schoolchildren ‘unfairly’ excluded from Milton Keynes schools over Coronavirus fears, claims dad – 3 February, MK Citizen
Eton to Oxbridge? If it’s tougher, that’s fair – 3 February, The Times
Will the Tories turn on ‘elitist’ independent schools? – 2 February, TES
January 2020
Ofsted’s illegal schools taskforce to trial body cameras for inspectors – 31 January, Schools Week
Education: More schools ‘green’ in Wales performance ratings – 31 January, BBC News
Was my son rejected by Oxford because he went to a private school? – 30 January, The Telegraph
The gross hypocrisy of private school heads – 30 January, The Guardian
School funding is down since 2010, DfE finally admits – 30 January, TES
Middle-class pupils will be squeezed out of Oxbridge, says Office for Students – 29 January, The Times
Private schools criticise plans to get more poor students into university – 29 January, The Guardian
‘Schools are killing curiosity’: why we need to stop telling children to shut up and learn – 28 January, The Guardian
‘Huge gender gap’ in languages GCSE results – 27 January, TES
Top private schools demand students returning from China get medical certificates – 27 January, 9 News
Private schools moving away from ‘past their sell-by-date’ GCSEs, says head – 26 January, iNews
Top private school developing A-level alternative to teach teenagers to farm, forage and manage land sustainably – 26 January, iNews
Birmingham Islamic school sues Ofsted after being failed for leaflet – 26 January, The Guardian
Parents should let four-year-olds order for themselves to build confidence, leading head says – 25 January, Telegraph
British private schools are adapting to a changing market in China – 24 January, Quartz
Top private school first to partner with Morocco –23 January, TES
Grammar schools ‘unequivocally damage social mobility’ – 23 January, TES
‘Relaxed discipline’ helps pupils, research finds – 22 January, TES
Sixteen new British independent schools to open in China in 2020 – 22 January, The Pie News
School careers support inadequate, say third of pupils – 22 January, TES
Teenagers aspiring to traditional jobs despite rise of technology over past 20 years, study finds – 22 January, Independent
‘Relaxed discipline’ helps pupils, research finds – 22 January, TES
Learning a musical instrument aids academic success, says Reigate Grammar School – 20 January, IE Today
Why is there high demand for UK satellite schools? – 20 January, TES
Concerns Labour put off ‘baddie’ private school parents – 20 January, TES
Damning report finds ‘serious shortfalls’ at Ruthin boarding school with pupils ‘at risk of harm’ – 20 January, ITV
Williamson to drive reforms ‘further and harder’ – 20 January, TES
Archie’s future: Rubbing shoulders with well-heeled expats at international school rather than Eton? – 19 January, The Telegraph
Life lessons learnt by giving to the community – 19 January, The Times
Pay for private education or buy a property near an ‘outstanding’ state school – which saves you most money? – 16 January, The Telegraph
SATs maladministration cases soar by a third – 16 January, Schools Week
London state school praised by Stormzy secures 51 offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge – 16 January, Independent
Dorset school introduces loyalty card to help local businesses – 16 January, IE Today
4 red flags to check for in an international school – 16 January, TES
Oxford makes ‘record’ number of offers to state pupils – 16 January, TES
John Dancy, classicist and reform-minded headmaster who in 1968 admitted girls to Marlborough – obituary – 16 January, The Telegraph
Ex-Blue Peter star Konnie Huq slams proposal for new prep school on ‘beautiful’ green space – 15 January, Evening Standard
The IGCSE isn’t available in state schools, and many believe it benefits private-school pupils – 15 January, iNews
How we make our state-independent partnership work – 14 January, TES
Schools should brace for five years of upheaval from a triumphant party with Gove at its heart – 14 January, The Guardian
Old boys have investors to call on for life – 13 January, The Times
Poor background a teaching barrier, say 59% of public – 13 January, TES
State v private: a parent’s torment at being priced out of independent school – 12 January, The Times
‘Social mobility only works for a tiny few’: an extract from People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed – 12 January, The Guardian
Should independent school heads ever be on the New Years honours list? – 11 January, Schools Week
How private schools are fighting to solve the pension crisis and save parents from higher fees – 10 January, The Telegraph
Improving access in education – 9 January, IE Today
The best value private schools in the UK – 9 January, The Telegraph
Schools in deprived areas become ‘dumping grounds’ for struggling children, Ofsted report suggests – 8 January, Independent
Private school fees 2020: the cost of sending your child to an independent school in Scotland – 8 January, The Scotsman
Prep school introduces hygge lessons – 7 January, IE Today
Exclusive: Private school teacher pension strike threat – 6 January, TES
Revealed: the schools leaving Teachers’ Pension Scheme – 6 January, TES
Poor white boys are failed by schools once more – 5 January, The Times
Bursaries don’t help when it’s not their colour that thwarts these boys – 5 January, The Guardian
Revealed: the private schools that buy in exam help from government body – 5 January, The Ferret
‘A fresh pair of eyes’: The private schools inspector – 3 January, TES
December 2019
Race row after leading private schools turn down donor’s £1m offer to help poor white boys – 31 December, The Telegraph
Top schools defend rejecting bursary for white boys – 31 December, BBC News
Snubbed donor offers his bursaries for poor white boys to state schools – 30 December, The Times
Are Norfolk’s parents turning their backs on private schools? – 22 December, Eastern Daily Press
So ministers want transformative education policies…? – 19 December, TES
Universities warned over student ‘sales pitches’ – 19 December, BBC News
‘The NEU has become irrelevant to most teachers’ lives’ – 19 December, TES
Exclusive: ‘Invisible’ NEU risks ‘withering on vine’ – 18 December, TES
Why it’s time to abolish GCSEs – 17 December, TES
Poorer London pupils still win race to university – 17 December, BBC News
‘Many of our children don’t get presents’: schools open over Christmas for families with nothing – 17 December, The Guardian
Boosting access to top universities for poor students must be a priority for PMs plan to ‘level up’ – 17 December, FE News
No boost to schools in poorer areas from Ofsted changes – 16 December, TES
Working-class MPs make the victory truly comprehensive – 16 December, The Times
Schools with deprived pupils ‘still less likely to be judged good’, admits Ofsted – 16 December, Schools Week
2019 in independent education – 16 December, IE Today
New opener factory from hotbed of rugby talent – 16 December, The Times
Research: Smaller classes don’t equal better results – 16 December, TES
Steep rise in warning notices for private schools – 16 December, Schools Week
Should private schools breathe a sigh of relief? – 13 December, TES
Johnson told to ‘shelve election rhetoric’ and deliver for schools – 13 December, Schools Week
No money. No ideas. A year of pure political purgatory – 13 December, Schools Week
Call for universities to randomly allocate places – 12 December, TES
Elite universities ‘will need 100 years’ to hit OfS access goals – 12 December, THE
Parent school donations ‘exacerbating inequality’ – 11 December, BBC News
Need to know: Scottish private schools and rates relief – 11 December, TES
‘My plan for paying school fees’ – 7 December, The Times
Parents spend £1.7 BILLION a year on home tutors for their children – with some paying up to £200 an hour – 7 December, Mail on Sunday
Think Oxbridge entry is unfair? Let’s talk about rugby – 6 December, TES
EPI analysis: How the parties’ education plans could affect pupil attainment – 6 December, Schools Week
Poor students are not going to universities that their grades deserve, study finds – 5 December, Daily Telegraph
Private schools in Scotland to be taxed full business rates next year – 4 December, BBC
Scotland’s private schools to start paying full tax from next year – 4 December, The Scotsman
Exclusive: Pensions hike forces private school mergers – 4 December, TES
Single-sex schools changing admissions to allow transgender pupils to head off legal threats – 3 December, The Independent
Pupils ‘learn better wearing cosy socks and slippers’ – 3 December, TES
Private schools keep grip on high-points college courses – 3 December, The Irish Times
As Scotland closes its last girls’ state school, should we call time on the single-sex school? – 2 December, Daily Telegraph
Working-class actors kept in the wings by Downton Abbey effect, says Rada director Edward Kemp – 1 December, The Sunday Times
November 2019
Almost 200 private schools leaving pension scheme – 29 November, FT Adviser
Failing private school in Exeter is visited for third time this year by Ofsted – 29 November, Devon Live
Where do Eton College, Marlborough College and Gordonstoun rank on the list of top independent schools? – 29 November, Royal Central
The current challenges being faced by independent schools – 29 November, Independent Education Today
We spent a fortune on school fees… and thousands more on tutors: Meet the private school parents who are paying twice over in the new educational arms race – 29 November, Daily Mail
Caught in the class war crossfire – 28 November, The Critic
I send my children to private school and I’m terrified by Corbyn’s manifesto – 28 November, The Independent
University admissions gap between rich and poor students still ‘far too wide’ – 28 November, Schools Week
More small private schools receive top Ofsted grades, but 1 in 10 still ‘inadequate’ – 27 November, Schools Week
‘Private schools are a family – and staff have a voice’ – 26 November, TES
We can argue about private and public schools every election but parents will always want what’s best for their kids – 25 November, The Independent
Bust ‘rich boys in top hats’ myth, private schools told – 25 November, TES
The Interview: John McDonnell talks Corbyn, private schools and revolution – 24 November, The Sunday Times
How private schools have taken over the AFL – 23 November, The Age
Labour hasn’t thought through its private school policy – 22 November, TES
Exclusive poll: Independent teachers back Labour plans – 21 November, TES
Labour to raise school spending by £10.5bn and give teachers a 5% pay rise – 21 November, Schools Week
The dilemma of a left-leaning private school teacher – 18 November, TES
Our schools are free of narrow EBacc, says private head – 18 November, TES
Revealed: Councils paid £700k to ‘unsafe’ illegal school – 17 November, Schools Week
Parent Power: A good prep school sets your child up for life – 17 November, The Sunday Times
Parent Power: state schools in poor areas beat the private preps – 17 November, The Sunday Times
‘I would burn in hell before returning’ – why British teachers are fleeing overseas – 13 November, The Guardian
The personal cost of teaching abroad – 12 November, TES
Education is a hot election issue, about to get hotter – 13 November, TES
Student says it’s wrong for Labour to scrap tuition fees, but reveals he was ‘fortunate’ not to pay for private school education – 12 November, indy100
Labour expected to water down radical environmental policy and other key pledges in manifesto – 12 November, Daily Telegraph
Are private-school pupils cleverer? No, just richer – 11 November, TES
Cocaine worth more than £200k found after raid on one of UK’s most prestigious private schools – 11 November, The Independent
Scottish independent schools appeal three times as many exam results – 11 November, Edinburgh Evening News
Children in care given boarding school places are three times as likely to go to university – 10 November, Daily Telegraph
Can boarding schools really improve the life chances of disadvantaged children? – 10 November, Daily Telegraph
Poorer pupils learn to benefit from Classics – 9 November, The Sunday Times
Private schools tests that were at the centre of a ‘cheating’ scandal have been abolished by their exam board – 8 November, Daily Telegraph
Illegal schools have ‘drills’ to avoid scrutiny, says Ofsted director – 8 November, Schools Week
Boarding schools warp our political class – I know because I went to one – 7 November, The Guardian
Will child abuse allegations put Britain’s music schools at risk? – 7 November, Daily Telegraph
Private school pupils earn 10 per cent more by the time they are 25, study finds – 7 November, Daily Telegraph
Labour manifesto to include private school tax hike – 6 November, TES
General election: Former Tory minister is funding ads attacking Corbyn on Facebook – 6 November, Sky News
Private school pupils gain one A‑level grade over state rivals – 5 November, The Times
Rich resources of private schools give pupils educational advantage, IOE research shows – 5 November, UCL website
St Edward’s School teachers strike in Oxford – 5 November, Oxford Mail
People smuggling gangs are using unsuspecting British private schools to traffic Vietnamese children – 4 November, Daily Mail
How it feels to… rise from bin man to professor – 3 November, The Times
Tory ministers spend £91m on private school fees for top diplomats and military personnel – 2 November, The Independent
Should Britain Abolish Private Schools? – 1 November, The Atlantic
October 2019
How state and private schools in France are funded – 30 October, The Connexion
Two thirds of universities in England forced to take action because of regulator’s concerns – 30 October, the i
BBC debate on future of private school sector – 30 October, BBC
Why boarding schools are helping to boost house prices – 30 October, Daily Telegraph
The hidden traffic impacts of private schooling – 28 October, The Conversation
Revealed: GCSE grades versus fees, find out how leading private schools rank – 22 October, Daily Telegraph
With their plan to abolish private schools, has the Labour Party forgotten about black people like me? – 21 October, The Independent
How one Scottish private school set up shop in China – 18 October, TES
Populism has no place in education – so stop bashing Germans and private schools – 14 October, The Guardian
Don’t close private schools, open them up – 12 October, The Sunday Times
5,000 private school children in Shropshire could be moved to state schools under Labour’s plans – 11 October, Shropshire Star (see PSPR’s Twitter feed on inaccuracies in this article)
Private schools should be abolished – 10 October, The Saint
Abolishing private schools solves nothing – 10 October, The Forge
Horsham private school hosts talk on how public schools ‘ruin’ the country – 9 October, West Sussex County Times
Coming soon: the £1m school fees – 6 October, The Sunday Times (see same previous research in Guardian here)
Private school head ‘would rather close down’ than become a state school – 5 October, The Independent
Exams could be replaced by artificial intelligence in the future, private school chief predicts – 4 October, Daily Telegraph
Seven failing private schools banned from accepting new pupils – 4 October, Schools Week
Trio plead guilty to running illegal school after Ofsted investigation – 3 October, The Independent
Private schools warn uni cap would lead to brain drain – 2 October, TES
September 2019
NQTs leaving state schools for better-paid private jobs – 30 September, TES
Analysis: Would Eton move abroad to escape Labour? – 30 September, TES
Private schools say abolition would be vote-loser – 30 September, BBC
Private schools discussed on BBC’S Sunday Politics South East – 29 September, BBC [listen from 9.40]
Education needs an overhaul, but closing private schools is not the answer – 28 September, The Guardian
Private school fees: is it cheaper to move to a good state catchment area? – 27 September, The Times
‘Our apartheid education system is a burning injustice’ – 27 September, TES
Oxford University to launch parent charm offensive in attempt to woo disadvantaged students – 27 September, Daily Telegraph
Top of the class: Labour seeks to emulate Finland’s school system – 27 September, The Guardian
Private schools chief attacks ‘truly toxic’ portrayal of sector – 26 September, The Guardian
Grenfell head attacks Labour’s decision to scrap private schools – 25 September, The Times
‘I’ve benefited directly from the inequality that private schools create – but I still think they should be abolished’– 24 September, The Independent
Labour is right to target private school privilege, but abolition isn’t the only answer – 24 September, The Guardian
Labour’s commitment to abolish private schools isn’t all it seems – 23 September, New Statesman
‘Many independent schools would be awful state schools’ – 23 September, TES
Could Labour really ban private schools? – 23 September, BBC
Head of Eton hits back at Labour plans to abolish private schools – 23 September, The Guardian
Labour delegates vote for plan that would abolish private schools – 23 September, The Guardian
Two-tier teacher pensions warning – 23 September, TES
Buying homes near good schools ‘worse than going private’ – 21 September, The Times
Private school pupils may need higher grades to go to Cambridge – 22 September, The Sunday Times
Call for reform of ‘problem’ private school system – 19 September, TES
Why abolishing private schools is ethically dubious – 19 September, TES
Private school Harrow launches virtual sixth-form – 18 September, TES
Television workers twice as likely to have attended private school – 18 September, The Guardian
John McDonnell backs ‘Abolish Eton’ debate at Labour conference – 18 September, The Guardian
Australians turn their backs on private schools after fees triple – 18 September, Financial Review
11 ways to get the best value out of private school – 17 September, Daily Telegraph
Report on reform options for private schools to launch at debate – 17 September, Independent Education Today
Why won’t the unions defend private-school jobs? – 16 September, TES
Christian teacher says school forced her to quit for supporting marriage equality – 16 September, The Guardian
‘I’m not paying’: private schools sue parents for not paying fees – 15 September, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Labour Party’s war on private education goes against everything it is supposed to stand for – 14 September, Daily Telegraph
Independent school head teachers hit back at Labour’s ‘dodgy maths’ – 14 September, The Times
What Corbyn’s raid on private schools will cost parents – and how to beat fee increases – 13 September, Daily Telegraph
Never mind ‘tax raids’, Labour – just abolish private education – 13 September, The Guardian
How to get a cut-price private school education – 13 September, Financial Times
Labour ‘ripping apart’ education, private school leaders warn as John McDonnell says they will be treated ‘like any other business’ – 13 September, Daily Telegraph
Historic independent school reveals merger – 13 September, The Business Desk
Labour planning £1.6bn tax raid on private schools, leaked document reveals – 12 September, Daily Telegraph
Father and daughter guilty of running illegal school – 12 September, BBC
Labour activists pledge to create most radical manifesto ever – 11 September, The Guardian
Govt to allow private school teachers to enrol in defined contribution scheme – 10 September, FT Adviser
The private school system is ‘morally rotten’. This could be the moment for its downfall – 10 September, The Guardian
Labor defends $1.2bn private school package it previously called a ‘slush fund’ – 9 September, The Guardian
Cambridge admits record number of state educated students – 9 September, Daily Telegraph
Labour chairman urges members to back plan to abolish private schools – 7 September, Daily Telegraph
10 of the best value private schools in the UK – 4 September, Daily Telegraph
Why private schools are less privileged than you think – 3 September, TES
Cutting private school tax relief ‘puts exams at risk’ – 2 September, TES
August 2019
The real divide is not between state and private schools but between good schools and bad – 30 August, The Conservative Woman
‘You can’t blame independent schools for Brexit’ – 29 August, TES
Elite Private Schools Join Yeshivas In Fight Against Regulations – 29 August, WNYC
School suddenly shuts just six days before new year due to start – 27 August, Examiner Live
The Guardian view on easier GCSEs at private schools: insult added to injury – 25 August, The Guardian
Michael Gove is vindicated: state schools are finally catching up with private schools – 25 August, Daily Telegraph
‘Easier’ exams offered by private schools smooth pupils’ entry to top universities – 24 August, The Guardian
Gap between private and state schools getting top A levels is at its narrowest in a decade – 24 August, Daily Telegraph
Business rates relief for Scottish independent schools under threat – 22 August, Civil Society
Private schools are making weaker students take exams as ‘external candidate’ to protect league tables – 20 August, Daily Telegraph
BTec courses: A-level reforms trigger rise in private schools’ practical qualifications – 24 August, The Times
July 2019
‘Class segregation of schools is burning injustice’: Hundreds of councillors back campaign to abolish private schools – 21 July, The Independent
Private schools told to open up places and facilities to children in care – 4 July, Daily Telegraph
June 2019
Private schools need phasing out, and here’s how it can be done – 26 June, Schools Week
Private school and Oxbridge ‘take top jobs’ – 25 June, BBC
Britain ‘increasingly divided’ with most influential people five times more likely to have gone to private school – 25 June, The Independent
Phasing Out Private Schools: The Simons Sketch – 16 June, Schools Week
£200k fund to encourage partnerships with private schools and universities – 7 June, Schools Week
May 2019
Pupils at £37,000-a-year private school sit English IGCSE exam only to find they have been taught wrong book – 16 May, The Independent
Head of £12,700-a-term school says private pupils being discriminated against like Jews in Nazi Germany – 11 May, The Independent
Front-page error from the Times about how much private schools save taxpayers – 3 May, Full Fact
2018
Private schools: Why does Germany allow them? – December 2018, Deutsche Welle
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