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Social mobility in the workplace

A comprehensive guide to widening access for employers.

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Universities and Social Mobility

A look at the relationship between higher education and social mobility.

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Inequality in early years education

Unpacking the problems with the current early years system.

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Selective Comprehensives '24

Highlighting the issues with school admissions in England.

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The recent evolution of apprenticeships

Analysing the trends in apprenticeship take-up since 2015.

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The Opportunity Index

A detailed look at the geography of opportunity and social mobility.

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Class Ceiling

17th January 2017

This report summarises the APPG on Social Mobility’s inquiry into access to the leading professions.

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International inequalities

15th December 2016

This research brief summarises what we know about inequality of achievement in the UK and US, and identifies priorities and next steps for research.

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Gaps in Grammar

9th December 2016

This research brief explores the questions: do grammar schools facilitate social mobility and does the education system as a whole benefit?

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Easy Peasy parenting app

11th November 2016

Findings from an efficacy trial on parent engagement and school readiness skills.

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Class differences: Ethnicity and disadvantage

10th November 2016

This research brief highlights how the academic attainment of disadvantaged pupils at 16 varies dramatically between different ethnic groups.

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Teachers’ Oxbridge perceptions polling

12th October 2016

The Sutton Trust has surveyed 1,697 primary and secondary school teachers on their perceptions to Oxbridge through the NFER Teachers’ Voice Omnibus survey.

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Shadow Schooling: Private tuition and social mobility in the UK

7th September 2016

This report provides an overview of the private tuition market in the UK and how it intersects with social mobility.

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Educational backgrounds of Olympic medallists

22nd August 2016

Team GB’s top Olympians are still four times more likely to have been privately educated than the population as a whole.

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Changing the subject

19th July 2016

In this piece we assess how changes in the Key Stage 4 curriculum from 2010 are starting to affecting the educational choices and successes...

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COSMO Study

Major new cohort study examining the long-term impact of the pandemic on educational inequality and social mobility.

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