…the Court of Appeal, received a private education, compared to just seven per cent of the UK population overall. A report by the Sutton Trust and PRIME – an alliance…
Private schools still rule the legal world
Frances Gibb reported for The Times on our research with Prime on leading lawyers Three quarters of senior judges and 71 per cent of top QCs are still privately educated,…
Sutton Trust response to HE Green Paper
Commenting on the release of the green paper on higher education today, Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “With the access…
Peers quote Levels of Success in debate on apprenticeships
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…