The best schools are still monopolised by the middle classes even when a lottery is used to help allocate places, researchers have found. Photograph: John Alex Maguire/Rex Features Middle-class families monopolise the best schools even when a lottery is used to allocate places, according to a study published today. Lotteries have been seen by some [...]
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Social class affects white pupils’ exam results more than those of ethnic minorities – study
Study finds that white children’s social class affects their school-leaving grades. Photograph: John Alex Maguire/Rex Features A child’s social class is more likely to determine how well they perform in school if they are white than if they come from an ethnic minority, researchers have discovered. The gap between the proportion of working-class pupils and [...]
Virgin Media steps up battle over broadband speed advertising
A still from a Virgin Media ad pushing the speed of its fibre-optic cable network Virgin Media has promised to publish its typical broadband speeds each month, as it publishes a survey suggesting that most customers find internet service providers’ advertisements misleading. Only 9% of respondents surveyed by ICM for Virgin Media think broadband advertising [...]
Hospitals warned over doses of drugs given to babies
Poppy Davies died after being given a glucose overdose at Great Ormond Street hospital. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Hospitals have been told to take care when giving infants intravenous doses of fluids or drugs, after a baby girl died after a glucose overdose at Great Ormond Street children’s hospital in London. The National Patient Safety [...]
