…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…
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…
Schools and colleges
…which are more socially selective than the average grammar school. purple 40% The shortfall of FSM pupils at the highest attaining comprehensive schools compared to the average. teal 2.5x The…
Parents still prefer university to apprenticeships
…do a degree-level apprenticeship. Slightly more parents (31 per cent) said they’d advise university over an apprenticeship (27 per cent), while another quarter (23 per cent) said they thought the…
Teachers unlikely to advise apprenticeships
…performing student to opt for an apprenticeship, though this is up from 13% in 2014. Almost two-thirds (64%) of the 583 teachers surveyed said they would rarely or never advise…