Education

Q Which of the following two words do you think a typical 10 year old would MORE likely to able to spell correctly?

More than four in ten (44%) parents or grandparents who save money for their children or grandchildren in GB do so to pay for their school or university fees. This was by far the most widespread reason for saving for children.

Nearly two-thirds of people (63%), and seven out of ten Labour voters (71%), believe that children seeking asylum should have the same access to schools as British children.

A MORI Social Research Institute survey of Britain's big employers published by Daycare Trust and BUPA Children@work for the start of the first National Childcare Month

Public support for the use of government funds to enable children from low income families to attend independent schools has risen to its highest level since Labour came to office, a new survey shows.

New research reveals that nearly all Secondary Heads, in schools piloting Government reforms at Key Stage 3, support the principle of a Key Stage 3 Strategy and agree that the Government must now afford a high priority to secondary school pupils.

New research from the Social Research Institute shows people who have the qualifications to take up a teaching career have a much poorer impression of the profession than other members of the public. The apparent day-to-day disadvantages of a teaching career greatly outweigh the personal and social advantages, as far as many graduates are concerned

Class size has become the biggest single reason for parents choosing an independent education for their children.

Voters are unhappy with tuition fees and the scrapping of student grants, according to two MORI polls conducted for The THES in March and April this year.