MORI's latest School Omnibus Survey shows that secondary school pupils think that current sex and health education is good, but want to learn more about handling personal relationships.
Music creators and performers joined together at the Royal College of Music in London today to announce the results of The Performing Right Society (PRS) mapping exercise into the provision of musical instrument teaching for school children in the UK.
The proportion of parents who would choose an independent school for their child if they could afford the fees has reached 55% - the highest level yet recorded in an annual survey carried out for ISIS.
In a recent MORI survey 90% of adults said that learning was important to them personally and more people enjoy learning new things (28%) than either doing physical exercise (24%), watching TV (22%) and going to the cinema (5%).
A recent MORI survey for Independent Schools Information Service (ISIS) shows that six parents out of ten are influenced by their children's opinions when it comes to choosing an independent school, rising to seven out of ten if boarding is being considered. More than half the children entering independent schools come from families where neither parent was educated in the independent sector.
Over half of all Labour voters still back the use of government money to support children from low income families at independent schools according to a MORI poll commissioned by the Independent Schools Information Service (ISIS).
A recent MORI survey, for the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP),
reveals that 83% of parents, who expressed an opinion are prepared to contribute towards the university tuition costs of
their children. This compares to 38% in 1991. Only 17% said that they were not prepared to make a contribution.
The principle of government funding for higher education is sacrosanct according to
the British public, eighty eight per cent believe that government spending on higher
education is an investment for the future.
Assisted place pupils are increasingly likely to come from working class backgrounds according to a recent MORI survey. Almost half of these pupils are from the lower socio-economic groups and two in five qualify for full Government assistance.
