Sentences with phrase «vehicle for social mobility»

They have consistently indicated that grammar schools are ineffective vehicles for social mobility or raising attainment.
The argument is that selective schools are a vehicle for social mobility.
In light of these findings, the Sutton Trust has raised» serious concerns» about using grammar schools in their current form as a vehicle for social mobility and is calling on the government to «make sure the he admissions processes of existing grammar schools are fair», before their capacity is expanded.
«Today's research raises concerns about the government's plans to use new grammars as a vehicle for social mobility.
The research, which is published with the Sutton Trust's response to the government's consultation on providing more good school places, raises serious concerns about using grammar schools in their current form as a vehicle for social mobility.
«Until existing grammar schools demonstrate they can be vehicles for social mobility, the number of grammar schools should not be increased,» said Sir Peter.
Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility even in their heyday in the 1950s and 60s a pitiful 0.3 per cent of grammar school pupils with two «A» levels were from the skilled working class.
Grammar schools have never been a vehicle for social mobility.
Becoming a teacher served as a vehicle for social mobility for the individual, opening up higher education for women and African - Americans at a time when few other occupations were open to them.
Sir Peter Lampl, the charity's chairman, said: «Today's research raises concerns about the government's plans to use new grammars as a vehicle for social mobility.
Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said: «Today's research raises concerns about the Government's plans to use new grammars as a vehicle for social mobility.
The Trust's chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, said: «Today's research raises concerns about the government's plans to use new grammars as a vehicle for social mobility.
Grammar schools are not, and never have been, a vehicle for social mobility.
Nor have grammar schools ever been a vehicle for social mobility — even in their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s a pitiful 0.3 % of grammar school pupils with two A-levels were from the skilled working class.
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