…adequate technology for all of their pupils. Nearly double the number of middle-class children are completing 5 hours of schoolwork per day, compared to their working-class peers. The report recommended…
Young peoples’ prospects impacted by Covid and new Employer Guidance from Sutton Trust
…To complement this work, and add detail to some of the most common questions asked by employers, last week the Sutton Trust also published Social mobility in the workplace, an…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…
Two-thirds of academy chains perform below average for disadvantaged pupils
…little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success in bringing about improvement. There is little to suggest that the Regional Schools Commissioners are having any success…
Money matters
Dr Rebecca Montacute, Research Fellow at the Sutton Trust, unpicks the key findings from our latest report, Parent Power. Parents from all backgrounds want to do the best for their…