…heard our Chief Executive, Dr Lee Elliot Major, on BBC Radio Scotland this morning talking about the report and highlighted that Scotland has recently introduced significant education reforms. [iframe id=”http://player.parliament.scot/Player/Index/30df9a32-8664-4188-ab24-a986b05eb6e1?roomId=9cc36303-8aa1-4b88-92a8-0e86448bc436&”]…
Poor children less likely to succeed in affluent areas
…Foundation, said: “The commission’s index paints a bleak picture of social mobility in some parts of the UK and confirms our own research that shows that the life chances of…
Response to Ofsted annual report
…over 6,040 schools across England to find evidence for the best ways of raising attainment. The Social Mobility Index ranks all 533 parliamentary constituencies in England according to five measures…
Will Hutton: Growing student debt is entrenching unfairness for a whole generation
…debts that by 2020 will be approaching £50,000 as universities index fees to inflation, bringing them near to £10,000, is far too optimistic. Today’s 16- to 18-year-olds are beginning to…
10 things we didn’t know last week
In their weekly roundup of the week, the BBC included the Sutton Trust Mobility Index. South Derbyshire has the lowest social mobility of any parliamentary constituency in England. Read the…
Please accept my mini genius
Writing for the Sunday Times, Eleanor Mills mentions the Sutton Trust’s Social Mobility Index in an article on school admissions. Last Thursday was “national offer day”, when half a million…