What we believe

Access to university

Access to universities, particularly to top universities, is still far too dependent on affluence. A privately-educated pupil is 22 times more likely to win a place at a highly selective university than a pupil on Free School Meals.1

 

 
Tackling the inequality

We believe it is possible to tackle this inequality by working with teachers to deliver an intensive, in-school programme of support.

Attracting middle-class parents

By transforming their record on university access, we think that comprehensives become more attractive to local middle-class parents and their children who may currently opt for independent schools.

 

 
 
A comprehensive intake is better for all

International studies have shown that the more genuinely comprehensive an intake of students is, the better the attainment of all pupils.2

1 Sutton Trust, ‘Responding to the New Landscape for University Access,’ December 2010.

2 PISA Survey 2006