…Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “These new results are a sign that more young people from low and middle income homes are making informed choices about their…
‘Wage premium’ for fee-pay schools
…schools would radically change. The number of children coming from the top 10% of household incomes would roughly halve, the study says, while the proportion of children coming from the…
‘Salary premium’ for private school pupils
…would change radically. The number of children coming from the top 10% of household incomes would roughly halve, while the proportion of children coming from the bottom 40% would more…
Private school children will earn £200,000 more on average than state-educated kids by 42
Richard Garner reported in the Independent and in a front page story for the i on the SMF/Sutton Trust research on Open Access. Children from private schools will have earned…
Private education brings a career bonus worth £200k
…schools to pupils from all backgrounds, based on academic ability. Schools would receive funding from the government for each pupil and charge means-tested fees, with the poorest families paying nothing….
Rich teenagers still dominate top universities
Teenagers from wealthy backgrounds are still around 10 times more likely to get into top universities than those from poorer homes. Efforts to revive social mobility in Britain by widening…