Why TeachFirst are right – pupils need to learn about university early

A report released from TeachFirst today urges universities to spend their funds for widening access on teaching primary school children about university or poorer pupils will miss out. Our CEO, Andy, Continue reading…

Transparency is an open goal for charities

Sepp Blatter, Qatar, Big Sam. I don’t need to say any more to show that football and transparency aren’t exactly easy bedfellows these days. So it’s great to see a football charity, Street League, lea Continue reading…

2016 – not all bad!

2016 – not all bad! What’s the first word you think of when you look back on 2016? I can hazard a guess – ‘uncertain’, ‘tumultuous’, maybe ‘historic’, maybe something less polite! But for me the word Continue reading…

Chancellor’s only half right on technical education

Philip Hammond has come in for so much stick for his budget that he might be grateful for some faint praise. So here it is: he’s half right on technical education. Continue reading…

Thousands of young people are facing an endless cycle of GCSE resits

Our new analysis of GCSE resits has found that thousands of young people are taking English and maths exams for more than the third time. Some even resit as many as nine times. Continue reading…

New online tuition pilot launches

Working in partnership with The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), the Sutton Trust, and Nesta, Impetus has launched a new online tuition pilot to support disadvantaged pupils as schools begin to o Continue reading…

Opportunity Guarantee - a call to the Prime Minister

We’re calling on 10 Downing Street to invest in an #OpportunitiesGuarantee to help young jobseekers get back into work. Continue reading…

£350m National Tutoring Programme Launched to Support Pupils in Schools Across England

Partnership of charities will support government to enable schools to access high-quality tutoring Continue reading…

Youth Jobs Gap

Our ground-breaking research presents the most detailed picture of NEET rates in England to date. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are twice as likely to be NEET as their better of peers, a Continue reading…