Commenting on A-level results day today, Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Today’s results are a pivotal moment…
Knowing the right people more important than a university degree
…social and ethnic background. University was deemed less important for young people from the least affluent families (61% compared with 67% in ‘high affluence’ households), and white pupils (62% compared…
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…
Money matters
…for free school meals are aware of their rights to free transport to a choice of three schools within six miles of their home (or up to 15 miles for…
Graphic Inequality
…world). At the same time good comparative data is devilishly hard to come by and offers mainly correlational not causal evidence. There are, however, five graphs that provide key insights…