…’Election pledges must have social mobility at their heart’ https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/election-pledges-for-a-divided-britain-must-have-social-mobility-at-their-heart Our top 10 recommendations pink 1 The Government should review its 30 hours of free childcare policy to ensure that…
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility
…work and priorities of the Social Mobility Commission. The session explored the SMC’s thematic priorities of nurturing talent; developing and distributing talent; and growing opportunities, and offered a preview of…
One in five academy chains below average for results and improvement for poorest pupils, but best chains delivering outstanding results
…at academies 15 years after their inception next week. Chain Effects 2016 includes an index comparing the chains’ 2015 performance for disadvantaged pupils on the most important attainment measures including:…
White working class boys from poor neighbourhoods unlikely to do A-levels
…how different combinations of factors affect young people’s educational life chances. Disadvantaged students, especially white UK boys, have poorer outcomes and living in a poor neighbourhood compounds this. “Unfortunately, although…
Poor children more likely to succeed in South, says study
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…
Revealed: the towns where clever pupils fail if they’re poor
Greg Hurst reported for The Times on the Sutton Trust social mobility index. Bright children from poor families fare up to ten times worse in some schools depending on where…