Writing for The Telegraph, Harry Mount discusses the implication of the findings of recent Sutton Trust research on the background of election candidates. The House of Commons is going to…
Aspiration must be more than a bolt on
…true educator should wish them to come forward and take their places at the very best institutions of learning. But for them to be admitted, they have to come forward,…
Competitive Edge
…competitive edge. And the highest performing state schools are becoming more oversubscribed and, as a result, more socially exclusive than the areas in which they are sited. Our research has…
Transport Select Committee hearing on school transport
The Sutton Trust gave evidence to the House of Commons’ Transport Select Committee on home to school transport. Tessa Stone, the Trust’s Director, told the all-party committee of MPs that…
Call for cross party commission to increase social mobility in the UK
…schools take in pupils from less wealthy homes; and make sure our top comprehensives play fair when it comes to admissions. “Both Gordon Brown and David Cameron have acknowledged the…
Sutton Trust welcomes commitment to widen access to grammar schools
…compare their impact. The resulting analysis will provide a template for other grammar schools to work with. James Turner, Director of Programmes at the Sutton Trust, said: “The debate about…