…and Schools committee of Brighton & Hove City Council voted to approve the creation of a new priority group – children eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) – in the…
How we measured disadvantage in our research on the medical profession
…cleaners, labourers, receptionists or caretakers. Young people from these lower socio-economic families make up just 5% of medical school entrants, compared to 75% from the highest. That is clearly a…
Defying the odds: Yasmin’s journey to becoming a doctor
…on free school meals, where encouragement to attend top universities was limited. Determined, she had to do lot of research herself on how to navigate the path to medical school….
Labour’s proposed changes to the higher education admissions system: The Sutton Trust responds
…predicted grades which are wrong most of the time. Our research has found that high-attaining disadvantaged students are more likely to have their grades under-predicted than their better-off peers. “Moving…
Disadvantaged schools struggling most with teacher recruitment
…recruitment issues were affecting the quality of education their school was providing, compared to 55 per cent of teachers in independent secondary schools, and 76 per cent in the most…
Britain’s dying dream of social mobility
…richest fifth of homes grew from 20% to 55%.) There is a growing wage premium for graduates compared to people without degrees. In 1980, male graduates earned on average 46%…