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Working to widen access to the legal sector

…social mobility, ranking as a top 70 employer in the Social Mobility Employers Index 2022. We have participated in the Index for a number of years and have demonstrated improvement…

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Sutton Trust Cabinet Analysis 2019

…two-thirds of new cabinet attended independent school https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/almost-two-thirds-of-new-cabinet-attended-independent-schools/ Rebecca Montacute: Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/old-school-ties-the-educational-background-of-boris-johnsons-cabinet/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Almost two-thirds (64%) of…

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Extra Time

…help https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/poorer-pupils-get-less-homework-help/ John Jerrim: Homework lessons from PISA https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/homework-lessons-from-pisa/ 1 Key findings 1 light-green 1 On average, Year 11 pupils in England spend 9.5 hours per week in additional instruction…

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Aspirations Polling 2017

…a falling trend in likelihood of university attendance and an increase in financial concerns. 15369 20170809 2017 14229 22 Growing fee fears among young people https://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/growing-fee-fears/ Carl Cullinane: Aspirations and…

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COVID-19 Impacts: School Shutdown

…every day https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/independent-school-pupils-twice-as-likely-to-get-online-lessons-every-day/ 3 Key Findings 1 pink 1 A third of pupils are taking part in online lessons while schools are closed. However, at private schools, 51% of primary…

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Selective Comprehensives 2017

…but schools where pupils make most progress are much less so https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/85-of-top-comprehensives-with-best-gcses-are-socially-selective-but-schools-where-pupils-make-most-progress-are-much-less-so/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 The top performing 500 comprehensive schools in England, based on GCSE attainment, continue…