…Statistics Agency shows that only 19% of students from the poorest fifth of neighbourhoods enter higher education compared with 45% of those from the richest fifth of neighbourhoods. 46% of…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Knowsley A-levels issue
Commenting on reports that Knowsley schools may offer no A-level courses in future, Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust said today: “It is important that young people have…
Parents face ‘complex’ school criteria
…schools tend to be faith-based, with religious families coming from higher social groups, it added. Researchers compared the social make-up of schools with their local areas. They identified the schools…
Alun Ebenezer: Tomorrow’s leaders must come from outside gilded cage of fee-paying schools
Free school head Alun Ebenezer cites Leading People research in a Telegraph online comment piece As recently reported, top fee-paying schools may be pricing themselves beyond the reach of their…
Sutton Trust commits to Living Wage
The Sutton Trust is pleased to announce that it has today become accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment means everyone working at The Sutton Trust, regardless…
Two-thirds of new MPs went to comprehensives, research finds
The TES included Sutton Trust research in an article on the new MPs. Almost two-thirds of the new entrants to the House of Commons were educated at comprehensive schools, making…