Exam boards are told to make papers more 'accessible' and lay out material in 'ways that do not disadvantage students'
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Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
Exam papers marked down for middle-class bias after questions on theatre trips and ski holidays
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Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias
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GCSEs Exams Middle-class Bias
  • May 12, 2022
Middle class pupils have tests edge as pupils will be given 'model answers'
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Middle-class Exam boards GCSEs A-levels
  • Mar 20, 2021
By accepting fewer independent school students, is Oxbridge punishing middle-class parents?
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University admissions Middle-class Oxbridge Private education
  • Feb 15, 2021
Middle-class UK teenagers more likely to binge drink and shoplift
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Middle-class Attainment gap Education outcomes Substance abuse
  • Feb 10, 2021
They may not be disadvantaged, but middle-class kids missing school suffer too
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Coronavirus Lockdown School closures Middle-class Disadvantaged pupils Mental health
  • Jan 25, 2021
Prejudice against the middle classes is absurd | Clare Foges
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University admissions Gap year Deferment Middle-class
  • Aug 24, 2020
Ex-Harrow head warns that the Left sees being middle-class as 'obscene'
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Middle-class Disadvantaged pupils Independent schools
  • May 3, 2019
Middle class are seen as sinners, says schools chief
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Middle-class Disadvantaged pupils Private schools
  • May 3, 2019
Private-school leader: 'The middle classes are being ignored'
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Disadvantaged pupils Middle-class
  • May 2, 2019
Top universities will need to accept fewer middle class students to meet diversity targets, regulator admits
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Middle-class University admissions Diversity
  • Feb 21, 2019
How can people protest about a grammar school taking in more poor pupils? | Melissa Benn
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Grammar schools Middle-class
  • Dec 17, 2018
Teachers set up 'affordable' private school for the middle class
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Private schools Middle-class
  • Oct 15, 2018
Is studying the arts the preserve of the middle classes?
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Study Middle-class
  • Aug 31, 2018
Scotland: Middle-class pupils banned from clearing
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Clearing University places Middle-class
  • Aug 8, 2018
Get more middle class pupils into apprenticeships over traditional university degrees, says Education Secretary
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Middle-class Apprenticeships Technical education Skills Vocational Academic education Employability Damian Hinds
  • Aug 1, 2018
Middle class parents use harder GCSEs like Mandarin as a 'signalling device' says Education Secretary
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Mandarin GCSEs Parents Middle-class
  • Jul 31, 2018
Fears over ‘middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships are valid, minister admits
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Funding Apprenticeships Middle-class
  • Mar 13, 2018
Middle-class teenagers hoovering up best apprenticeships
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Apprenticeships Middle-class Higher apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts Social mobility Apprenticeship levy Disadvantaged students
  • Nov 30, 2017
SATs test which was 'too middle class' has been criticised by the exam regulator 
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Telegraph Schools SATS Exams Middle-class Exam system
  • Oct 5, 2017
Social mobility isn’t about behaving like the middle class
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Schools Week Schools Social mobility Middle-class
  • Oct 2, 2017
'It's easier if you're middle class': first-generation students on going to uni
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Guardian Universities Middle-class
  • Aug 14, 2017
Class prejudice and the student debt crisis | Letters
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Guardian Student debt Middle-class Disadvantaged Universities
  • Jul 17, 2017
The Guardian view on the 1%: all gain, no pain | Editorial
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Guardian Social mobility Private schools Universities Tuition fees Funding Middle-class Affluence Disadvantaged
  • Jul 16, 2017
More equal than the others – that’s how the middle class stays ahead | Gaby Hinsliff
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Guardian Middle-class Universities Grammar schools Tuition fees Free tuition Social mobility
  • Jul 14, 2017
Eisenstadt report: Middle class told to be proud if children get an apprenticeship
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Times Scotland Middle-class Apprenticeships Poverty Equality Social mobility Careers guidance
  • Jul 4, 2017
Glasgow University leads erosion of middle class monopoly on professions
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Herald Scotland Scotland Universities Disadvantaged students Middle-class University applications Completion
  • Jun 29, 2017
One in ten of poorer students drops out after the first year
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Times Universities Drop-out rates Disadvantaged students Undergraduates Middle-class OFFA
  • Jun 29, 2017
Middle-class parents contributing to teen addictions by 'handing over bottles of vodka', warns top therapist
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Independent Private schools Middle-class Parents Drug use Privilege Stress
  • Jun 26, 2017
Academic warns middle-class special needs children are getting more support
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Herald Scotland Scotland Special needs SEN Middle-class Disadvantaged pupils ASN
  • Mar 27, 2017
Dyslexia diagnosis helps wealthier pupils get ahead
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Times Scotland Dyslexia Middle-class University applications Affluence Student support Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 2, 2017