…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…
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…
Vast majority of Scottish access students go to college, not university
…and Communications, Conor Ryan was a member of the Commission on Widening Access. The commission’s report, published in March, is available here. The proposal of a Commissioner for Fair Access…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Education Select Committee grammar schools report
Commenting on today’s report on grammar schools from the Education Select Committee, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said:…
Life Lessons 2024
…20240915 2024 36722 36723 1 14235 30746 28975 3 https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/teachers-value-l…ils-life-chances/ 96% The proportion of teachers who think life skills are as or more important than formal qualifications yellow 1…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on today’s HESA data
…have helped hundreds of thousands of young people of all ages, from early years through to access to the professions. A summary of the data can be found here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/performance-indicators/widening-participation-summary…