…surveyed (61%) thought it was very important to get a degree compared with only 13% who said it was of little or very little importance. Around one in 10 girls…
Sir Peter Lampl comments on Knowsley A-levels issue
Commenting on reports that Knowsley schools may offer no A-level courses in future, Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust said today: “It is important that young people have…
Parents face ‘complex’ school criteria
…schools tend to be faith-based, with religious families coming from higher social groups, it added. Researchers compared the social make-up of schools with their local areas. They identified the schools…
Alun Ebenezer: Tomorrow’s leaders must come from outside gilded cage of fee-paying schools
Free school head Alun Ebenezer cites Leading People research in a Telegraph online comment piece As recently reported, top fee-paying schools may be pricing themselves beyond the reach of their…
Sutton Trust commits to Living Wage
The Sutton Trust is pleased to announce that it has today become accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment means everyone working at The Sutton Trust, regardless…
Nick Clegg says that the Sutton Trust inspired his passion for social mobility
…Mobility Committee this month. The House of Lords Committee on Social Mobility was appointed in June “to consider social mobility in the transition from school to work”. The Committee is…