…schools had a record 10,000 applicants for just under 2,000 places. This latter figure was almost 3,000 higher than the year before, and 2,000 higher than the bumper year in…
Sutton Trust comment on new Social Mobility Commission report
Commenting on new research published today by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission suggesting that more than 2,000 children from disadvantaged backgrounds who get excellent results in tests at…
What is it like being a Development Intern at the Trust?
…to develop an understanding of the sector. How/where did you find the internship? I found the internship on a jobs website specifically for charity-sector jobs (https://www.charityjob.co.uk/) What has been the…
Response to SMC ‘Time for change’ report
…to improve social mobility. A full copy of the report will be available to download at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/social-mobility-commission MEDIA COVERAGE Decades of policies have failed to shift social mobility (I News)…
Three quarters of Sutton Trust summer school students win places at top universities
…run at seven leading universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Nottingham, St Andrews and UCL. More details at https://www.suttontrust.com/programmes/uk-summer-school-2/ Oxford University was part of the programme up until 2010 and now…
DELAY EXPANSION OF FREE PLACES FOR TWO YEAR-OLDS OR CHILDREN WILL NOT GET THE FULL BENEFIT – SUTTON TRUST
…current policy and practice against the research evidence. The full report is available at https://www.suttontrust.com/our-work/research/item/sound-foundations/ 3. Since September 2013, the poorest 20 per cent of two year-olds have been eligible…