Sarah Cassidy reported for The Independent and the I newspapers on the Sutton Trust social mobility index.

Children from poor backgrounds are more likely to succeed in life if they grow up in London or the South than in the Midlands or North of England, according to new research by the Sutton Trust.

Disadvantaged young people living in the constituency of Westminster North in London were the most likely to get ahead in life while their peers in South Derbyshire were the least, the analysis found.

The relatively high standards of the capital’s schools – which have seen substantial improvements in recent decades – are thought to be one factor behind the higher rates of social mobility.

The city’s demographic mix, with large numbers of poor but aspirational ethnic minority families, could also explain the good prospects.

The Sutton Trust’s new Social Mobility Index ranked all 533 parliamentary constituencies in England according to five measures of social mobility to show how well each constituency is doing in improving prospects for their most disadvantaged young people.

Read her full report here.

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