…compared with 12%). This is a slight increase since 2005, when almost one in five young people from urban areas (19%) – compared with 12% from rural areas – received…
Four in ten top scholars privately educated
…backgrounds. Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust, commented: “This report is yet more evidence of the uneven life chances in Britain. Students from the independent sector, which educates…
Decline in advice and guidance at school
…meetings fell from 85% in 1997 to 55% in 2008. The proportion of students saying they learned ‘some’ or ‘a lot’ from career advisors or teachers fell from 49% in…
ACCESS TO HIGHLY SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES STALLS
…universities increased by 18% from 2002/03 to 2007/08, the number coming from the four lowest socio-economic groups increased by just 16%. Similar trends exist for other highly selective universities outside…
Poorer children a year behind at start of school
…children from the poorest fifth of families were read to daily at age 3, compared with 8 in 10 (78%) of children from the richest fifth of families and that…
£140 BILLION A YEAR – THE COST OF LOW SOCIAL MOBILITY
…educational achievement – and can be funded from existing budgets. BCG estimate that the average return for these policies is 6:1 – comparing the lifetime earnings benefits for the individuals…