…is helping to level the playing field when it comes to access. Data from the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) Study, a major new longitudinal study looking at young…
Student voices: The cost of living crisis
…student we spoke to did ask their family for financial support, but said “it was not a comfortable or easy experience”, describing the “sense of guilt” they had about asking…
How can educators help shift the dial on vocational pathways?
…our research has found that twice as many young people from higher income families are securing places on degree apprenticeship pathways, compared to those young people from low socio-economic backgrounds….
Sutton Trust responds to government announcement on post-16 maths
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s plans for pupils to study maths up to the age of 18, Sir Peter Lampl, founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of…
Nearly two-thirds of new cabinet attended independent schools and almost half attended Oxbridge
…of research surveying the education backgrounds of the House of Commons – showed that 29% of current MPs in the House of Commons come from a private school background. Two-fifths…
More than two-thirds of new cabinet attended independent schools
…compared to Johnson’s 27%. The Prime Minister herself was comprehensively educated, but some of those heading up key departments – including the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Education…