Sutton Trust research was quoted frequently in a long debate in the Lords on apprenticeships this week. Labour Peer Baroness Prosser introduced the debate with the key message was that…
Sutton Trust response to grammar school plans
Commenting on the decision to approve an ‘annexe’ to the Weald of Kent grammar school, Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said today: “News of the new Kent…
State school students ‘get better degrees’ than private school pupils with same A-levels
…of all students who graduated in 2013/14, show that 82 per cent of state school pupils got firsts or upper seconds compared with just 73 per cent of those from…
London pupils are twice as likely to receive private tuition as those outside the capital
…the London pupils surveyed reported having ever received private or home tuition, compared with 22% of those attending schools outside the capital. These new figures, taken from the latest annual…
How private education pays in your first job
…skills’ like articulacy and assertiveness, according to a new report. Research from the Sutton Trust suggests that former independent school pupils may have more confidence to ask for a pay…
Pay rises quicker for privately educated graduates, study finds
…Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “We know that graduates from less privileged backgrounds are under-represented in the top professions, but today’s research…