…so many Prime Ministers? https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/the-stomping-ground-of-the-political-elite-why-does-oxford-produce-so-many-prime-ministers/ 63% went to state comprehensive schools. yellow 23% attended independent schools. green 20% attended Oxford or Cambridge for university. navy 3 Key findings blue-dark 63%…
Elitist Britain: Segregation in schooling & privileged pathways to power
…still producing better results than comprehensives.[4] Here comes the market Change was initiated under the Conservatives with their belief that competition through a market ideology could drive up standards in…
New data shows large inequalities in use of private tutoring, but National Tutoring Programme is levelling the playing field
…attainment gap.” Media contacts: Email: media@suttontrust.com Tel: 0207 802 1660 or 07791 044 564 Notes to Editors: Data included in the report Tutoring: The new landscape comes from: The Ipsos…
Celebrating our Alumni
…(Winner); Paige Garvin (Runner-up) Judges’ comments: “Described as an ‘absolute keystone of the Sutton Trust community’, Laura plays a vital role in bringing together the Sutton Trust alumni community. From…
One-third of MPs in new House of Commons was privately educated
…colleagues. MPs educated at comprehensive schools now make up 49% of the House, a rise from 43% in 2010. Comprehensive schools were attended by almost two thirds of Labour MPs…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Education Select Committee report on multi-academy trusts
Commenting on the Education Select Committee’s report on the performance, accountability and expansion of multi-academy trusts, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “The Committee…