Social mobility in Britain is low. For a child born in the UK today, their educational opportunities and life chances are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background. In the…
Social Selection on the Map
…award navy award navy Social Selection on the map 20240903 2024 36716 36717 1 33068 25566 14205 3 New ranking reveals councils with most and least socially segregated schools https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/new-ranking-reveals-councils-with-most-and-least-socially-segregated-schools/…
A Fair Start? Equalising access to early education
…20210819 2021 27943 31587 4 7 1 Disadvantaged three- and- four-year-olds ‘locked out’ of crucial early years opportunities https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-three-and-four-year-olds-locked-out-of-crucial-early-years-opportunities/ 27954 70% The proportion of parents eligible for the 30 hour…
Covid-19 Impacts: Access to the Workplace
…26330 5 5 1 Almost half of students say Covid-19 has diminished their chances of finding a job https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/almost-half-of-students-say-covid-19-has-diminished-their-chances-of-finding-a-job 25966 26029 26309 3 46% Almost half of students say they’re…
Caught Out
…particularly for low income families. 6194 20160414 2016 14191 18 Press release: Call to tighten admissions to primaries as over 1,500 are shown to be highly socially selective https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/call-to-tighten-admissions-to-primaries-as-over-1500-are-shown-to-be-highly-socially-selective/ Conor…
The Recruitment Gap
…most with teacher recruitment https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/disadvantaged-schools-struggling-most-with-teacher-recruitment/ Becky Allen and Laura McInerney: The 3 R’s of the teacher recruitment gap https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/recruit-retain-and-reputation-the-3rs-of-the-teacher-recruitment-gap/ Key Findings 1 pink 1 Schools serving disadvantaged communities struggle to…