News Releases
Independent Commission to review impact of fees
27 January 2012
An Independent Commission has been established to monitor the impact of increased university fees in England over the next three years, it was announced today.
Three quarters of Sutton Trust Summer School students win places at top universities
18 January 2012
- Attendees 50% more likely to go on to leading universities than peers
New research published today shows that non-privileged young people have a significantly higher chance of going to a leading university if they attend one of the one week university summer schools sponsored by the Sutton Trust. In some cases the summer schools ‘reduce completely’ the disadvantage of coming from a poorer home.
Latest research report: What prospects for mobility in the UK? A cross-national study of educational inequalities and their implications for future education and earnings mobility.
28 November 2011
The Sutton Trust has published today its latest report on social mobility.
Improving poor teachers would transform England's education performance to be among the best in the world
16 September 2011
English schools could improve their low position in international league tables in Reading and Mathematics and become one of the top five education performers in the world within 10 years if the performance of the country’s least effective teachers was brought up to the national average according to new research published today by the Sutton Trust.
Private tuition booms despite recession
5 September 2011
Nearly a quarter (23%) of schoolchildren aged 11-16 in England and Wales have received some private or home tuition according to the latest survey of 2739 students commissioned by the Sutton Trust and carried out by Ipsos MORI earlier this year. The proportion of students receiving tuition has increased from 18% in 2005 to 23% in 2011 (see table at end of the release).
Poor children, not teachers, should have priority in school admissions
26 August 2011
Children from poor backgrounds should have priority in school admissions and should be the main children to benefit when successful schools expand, says the Sutton Trust in its response to the Government’s proposals on changes to the admissions code. It does not think schools should give preference to children of their own teachers.
Four schools and one college win more places at Oxbridge than 2000 schools combined
8 July 2011
Four schools and one college sent more students to Oxbridge over three years than 2,000 schools and colleges across the UK, reveals the latest report on university admissions by individual schools by the Sutton Trust.
Only one third of pupils understand tuition fees
27 June 2011
Just under a third of secondary school children correctly understand the fees system for universities in England reveals the latest survey commissioned by the Sutton Trust.
Smaller classes, uniforms, and primary homework among the least effective ways of boosting school performance
26 May 2011
Reducing class sizes, setting homework during primary school, and introducing school uniforms are among the least effective ways of improving school results, according to a new ‘Which?’ style guide for education published by the Sutton Trust today.
Less than 10% of teachers think Government school reforms will improve outcomes for less privileged children
21 April 2011
Less than one in ten teachers think the Coalition Government’s school reforms introducing more academies and establishing free schools will help improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged children, a major survey of teachers has found. The majority of teachers also fear that moves to provide more freedom for schools will lead to greater social segregation across the education system.
