Commenting on the recent Skills for Jobs white paper from the Department of Education, CEO of the Sutton Trust James Turner said: “The publication of the government’s FE and Skills…
Increasing access: the launch of the NTP
Our Research,Communications and Policy intern, Alice Gent, explores the new National Tutoring Programme as it launches in schools today. Young people have faced a year like no other. By the…
Research reveals stark class inequalities in access to the creative industries
Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in the creative industries compared to their middle-class peers. Top selling musicians are 6 times more likely than…
A-level results day: What next?
…if its results may come as cold comfort to those affected today. And to young people – especially the 5,000 who have been on Sutton Trust programmes last year and…
The Sutton Trust responds to the Secretary of State’s speech on post-school education
…widening opportunity. Apprenticeships in particular have a key role to play in improving social mobility which will be especially important as we come out of the pandemic. Our research has…
A third of nurseries in the most disadvantaged areas may be forced to close due to financial difficulties
…than twice as likely to have needed a business rates holiday compared to those in the least deprived (35% vs 16%) and almost twice as likely to have utilised small…