…public backs investment to improve social mobility https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/british-public-backs-investment-to-improve-social-mobility/ Ahead of the General Election, do the British public think opportunities in society are open to all? https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/ahead-of-the-general-election-do-the-british-public-think-opportunities-in-society-are-open-to-all/ 63% The proportion of…
Sutton Trust response to the Education Select Committee report on grammar schools
Commenting on today’s report on grammar schools from the Education Select Committee, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said:…
TOP COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS MORE SOCIALLY SELECTIVE THAN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS
…socially selective schools in the country, 91 were comprehensives, eight were grammars and there was one secondary modern. The 100 comprehensive schools with the least advantaged intakes seem to be…
COMPREHENSIVE PUPILS OUTPERFORM INDEPENDENT AND GRAMMAR PUPILS IN UNIVERSITY DEGREES
Students from comprehensive schools are likely to achieve higher class degrees at university than independent and grammar school students with similar A-levels and GCSE results, a major study commissioned by…
Sutton Trust response to GCSE Results Day 2023
…(68.2% compared to 67.3%), and the highest grades (7/A and above), up 1.2pp from 20.8% to 22%. England has seen bigger falls in grades compared to the other nations, as…
Drop-out crisis looms if students are not supported through crisis
…compared to 24 per cent of middle-class students), and moving home with family to save on rent or bills (10 per cent compared to 4 per cent). Looking at students…