1 34816 20250114 20260127 Year 12 (England & Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) or S5 (Scotland) Nationwide Get a taste of life as a university student at one of our…
Parental Engagement Fund
Report Overview The Parental Engagement Fund (PEF) was a £1 million fund which launched in 2014 and ran for three years. It was managed by the Sutton Trust and funded…
The Recent Evolution of Apprenticeships
…Decline in young people from low-income backgrounds taking up apprenticeships https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/decline-in-young-people-from-low-income-backgrounds-taking-up-apprenticeships/ The Recent Evolution of Apprenticeships https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/the-recent-evolution-of-apprenticeships/ 28582 28346 26029 3 25% Apprenticeship starts fell by almost a quarter between…
Measuring Disadvantage
…Commonly used markers of disadvantage ‘not effective’ at identifying low-income students https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/commonly-used-markers-of-disadvantage-not-effective-at-identifying-low-income-students/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 The number of years a child has been eligible for free school meals…
International inequalities
…least advantaged five year olds biggest in the US, but UK still lags behind Canada and Australia https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/reading-gap-between-most-and-least-advantaged-five-year-olds-biggest-in-the-us-but-uk-still-lags-behind-canada-and-australia/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Educational inequalities are large in the UK,…
Closing the attainment gap
…social mobility https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/pupils-attainment-gap-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-social-mobility/ Closing the attainment gap should be a priority for the next government https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/closing-the-attainment-gap-should-be-a-priority-for-the-next-government/ Overview 1 blue-dark Children from less well-off homes start school already behind their classmates,…