…professional social group A sent their eldest child to a private/independent school,7 compared with less than 2% of those from C2 (the skilled working class). Those who did so cited…
Sutton Trust and EEF response to education recovery package
…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…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
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…
Views of our alumni
As our 20th anniversary year comes to an end, we caught up with our alumni community to find out where they are now and how the Sutton Trust has impacted…