Press
We want to place educational inequality firmly on the national agenda. Our team is available for comment, interviews and information-sharing, and we also have a wide network of partners with specialist expertise.
Topics of expertise include:
Educational inequality and disadvantage
Free School Meals
Grammar schools
Our five collective priorities:
1. Implementation of Skills Builder: a shared framework for the development of essential skills
2. Promotion of whole school approaches to wellbeing
3. Support for teachers and leaders, particularly in the most disadvantaged areas
4. Engagement of parents and communities in education
5. Improved support for all post-16 destinations
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Press Releases
Selected Press Articles
2020 Report Card (AUGUST 2020)
tes Op-Ed by co-ceos sam butters and gina cicerone
Covid has lifted the curtain on endemic inequality
CNBC interview with co-ceo sam butters
Educational inequality: a global problem (watch 1.41-2.05, 5.37-6.02 and 7.27-7.56)
specific fea mentionS in print media
Primary pupils’ learning gap widens for first time since 2007 - BBC
Poor pupils are 18 months behind their classmates when they take GCSEs - The Times
Attainment gap between poor pupils and their peers in England is widening - The Guardian
EPI: Attainment gap has stopped closing for the first time in a decade - Schools Week
Poor pupils are 18 months behind their classmates when they take GCSEs as disadvantage gap grows - Daily Mail
FEA Op-Ed: Covid has lifted the curtain on endemic inequality - TES
Other report coverage: The Telegraph, Sky, TES, Huffington Post and The Sun.
2018 Report Card (September 2018)
Progress in closing attainment gap between wealthiest and poorest students is ‘too slow’, report warns - The Independent
Contextualised Admissions report (July 2018)
University entry 'should be background, not just exams' - BBC News
Universities told to lower offers for poor - The Sunday Times
Make greater use of contextual admissions, English sector told - Times Higher Education
Give more places to disadvantaged students, watchdog urges universities - The Guardian
University offers should look at students’ backgrounds, not just A-level grades - The Independent
Contextualised university admissions: how to make them fairer - Schools Week
2016/17 Report Card (September 2017)
Poorest pupils lag more than a year behind richer peers - TES
Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas - Nursery World
2015 Report Card (April 2016)
Call for 'a decent education' for all - BBC News
A need for greater urgency: The Fair Education Alliance launches its State of the Nation Report - The Edgazette
2014 Report Card (December 2014)
FEA Launch (June 2014)
Educational divide still 'blighting our society' - The Telegraph
Schools and business launch 'fair education' alliance - BBC News
John Spencer brands Fair Education Alliance - Design Week