The Latest Breaking News from the Sutton Trust

Sutton Trust’s ‘opportunity index’ measured six factors including children on free school meals passing GCSEs in maths and English

More schools also reducing spending on trips, IT, extracurricular activities and GCSE subject choices

The Sutton Trust also said employers continue to underpay interns and give opportunities to family and friends rather than advertising them.

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class

Research found that Bafta nominated actors are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the average person.

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in more than a decade. While we don’t yet have a full analysis of the socioeconomic background of the new crop of MPs, the Sutton Trust calculated that 23% were privately…

Jonathan Noakes also suggests training teachers to encourage discussion, as government focuses on oracy

More than three-quarters of the shadow cabinet attended state schools – in stark contrast to Sunak’s government

Letter: The Sutton Trust should look at even greater unfairness such as funding inequality for different areas, writes Yvonne Williams