…To complement this work, and add detail to some of the most common questions asked by employers, last week the Sutton Trust also published Social mobility in the workplace, an…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…
Two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils
…little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success in bringing about improvement. There is little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success…
Money matters
…parents (social group A) said that they send their children to a fee-paying school, but just 1% of working class parents (social group D) said the same. Even in the…