Resources

Here are some recent articles or pieces of research on key issues around educating your children at a local comprehensive school.

 Educating students from different backgrounds together lifts aspirations:

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/research/mixing-better-educated-families-life-chances/

High achievers do better at comprehensives than grammar schools:

https://comprehensivefuture.org.uk/new-research-shows-higher-attaining-pupils-are-more-likely-to-receive-top-gcse-grades-at-comprehensive-schools/

Handle Ofsted reports with care:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/06/the-guardian-view-on-reforming-ofsted-at-last-the-inspectorates-failings-are-being-admitted

State sixth forms have the talent, but not enough support, to get students to top universities:

https://www.pepf.co.uk/opinion/it-is-wrong-to-call-private-school-criticism-the-politics-of-envy/

And finally, want to know what a really cracking comprehensive looks like? (Full disclosure: this film was made by the founder of Meet the Parents, Madeleine Holt.)