…or afford a mortgage, and decisions on having children. It is grossly unfair that someone from a council estate should pay more than someone from a top boarding school. At…
Response to OFFA access report
…through to access to the professions. The Sutton Trust’s summer schools are free residential courses for Year 12 students from UK state schools. They give teenagers the opportunity to experience…
Privately-educated musicians dominate Glastonbury’s big line up
Our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, is quoted by Tammy Hughes in the Daily Mail on the over-representation of the privately educated among performers at Glastonbury. Sir Peter told the…
Calls for random ballot as one in six miss out on first choice school
Our Chairman, Sir Peter Lampl, is quoted by the Yorkshire Post on the need for ballots to make school admissions fairer. “Today’s figures show that your chance of going to…
Pupils from wealthy homes tend to earn more
Helen Warrell of the Financial Times quotes our Chairman in a piece on Justine Greening’s speech to the Social Mobility Commission conference. Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the social…
Funding formula ‘fails to address double disadvantage’ faced by poorer pupils
Charlotte Santry at the TES covers the Sutton Trust’s response to proposals for the new National Funding Formula. Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the…