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Conor Ryan
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Our disadvantaged high-attainers are the forgotten class
The system is stacked against more-able pupils from poorer backgrounds, but three changes to secondary schooling could help close the gap, says Conor Ryan
14 July 2017
It’s time to step up a gear, Mr Burnham
23 September 2011
OK, I admit it, the coalition’s got good ideas
... but the pupil premium and free schools will only work if the details are right, says Tony Blair’s former education adviser
21 May 2010
What happened to the choice advisers?
Number 10‘s former senior aide is frustrated at progress in helping disadvantaged families to pick schools
4 December 2009
We should trust ministers, not a quango, to rule on exams
12 October 2007
We should trust ministers, not a quango, to rule on exams
12 October 2007