…Allan MP, Vice Chair, Conservative Ian Austin MP, Vice Chair, Labour Justine Greening MP, Vice Chair, Conservative Andrea Jenkyns MP, Vice Chair, Conservative Jack Lopresti MP, Vice Chair, Conservative Siobhain…
Breaking the socio-economic barriers to joining the Civil Service
…across the Civil Service. Recent publications have highlighted that people from the poorest backgrounds are under-represented in the Civil Service Fast Stream programme. Similarly, the Sutton Trust showed that only…
A comprehensive victory?
…we improve representation in the Commons? With the privately educated so over-represented in politics, what can be done to level the playing field? Improving political education in comprehensive schools is…
Admitting the problem
…make up twice the number of boys’ schools in the top 500, and have a substantial FSM gap of 6.8%. Social selection in a comprehensive system occurs through a variety…
New MPs more likely to have been educated at state schools
…MPs have been independently educated, compared to 7% of the population. This is the same as the 2017 general election. Over half (54%) of the new House of Commons went…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Social Mobility Commission’s report
Commenting on the Social Mobility Commission’s report on disadvantaged pupils’ progress at secondary school, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment…