Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy.
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🚨 NEW: There’s been no progress in addressing regional imbalances in GCSE attainment, with the gap between London and the rest of the country continuing to grow.
Our analysis of today’s results finds that regional gaps in both top grades and passes are largely unchanged 🧵⬇️
💬 “Many of the challenges relating to inequality of opportunity also remain largely unchanged, and these issues are holding our economy back.”
More on the measures needed in tomorrow’s Budget to move the dial on social mobility ⬇️
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💬 “What are the processes and practices taking place within the walls of elite private schools that help scaffold this pipeline from school to future success?”
Elitist Britain was referenced in a @LSEblogs piece on how privilege is reproduced and too often mistaken for merit.
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We're hiring a Senior Programmes Manager 🚀
Join us to lead our employability programmes, support talented young people to access top universities, apprenticeships and careers, and help shape our future programmes strategy.
📅 Closes 2 Nov
Apply now ⤵️
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School readiness has reached a record high, with 72% of reception children achieving a good level of development last year.
But the disadvantage gap continues to widen.
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While 76% of non-FSM children received a good level of development, only 55% of FSM-eligible children did so.
As our briefing on early years inequality laid out, too many disadvantaged children are still missing out on support.
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New Chancellor, new government, new approach to social mobility?
Ahead of the Budget, our Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Rocky Lorusso, discusses the key education, skills and employability measures that could really make a difference ✍️
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The Sutton Trust retweeted
✍ "We cannot easily imagine ourselves somewhere we have never been, doing work you did not know existed, alongside people you have never met."
@SeanHarris_NE on making opportunity more visible through stronger partnerships and collaborations ⤵️
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✍ "We cannot easily imagine ourselves somewhere we have never been, doing work you did not know existed, alongside people you have never met."
@SeanHarris_NE on making opportunity more visible through stronger partnerships and collaborations ⤵️
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💬 "Universities play a crucial role in driving social mobility, but this work can’t be successful if teams are working in silos."
A strong intervention will achieve less if other university practices work against it - that's why a whole provider approach is needed ⬇️
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🏆 We won!
Last week we were delighted to attend the Engineering Talent Awards, where our Pathways to Engineering programme was named Inclusion Programme of the Year.
Since 2020, the programme has supported more than 500 young people to explore engineering careers and access opportunities ⬇️
💬 “Widening participation teams shouldn’t be left to work around university policies that limit students’ chances of success.”
@DattaJon on why improving social mobility requires a whole-institution approach by universities, in @HEPI_news ⬇️
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The Sutton Trust retweeted
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✍️ “This is about recognising potential, not lowering standards. Wider access makes institutions stronger: a more diverse student body, a deeper talent pool and closer ties to local communities and economies."
@NickHarrison73 on our latest report 👇
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🚨 In England, pupils eligible for free school meals are around 20 percentage points less likely than their peers to enter higher education by 19.
This gap has not narrowed in two decades.
Much more needs to be done to improve access and outcomes for disadvantaged students ⤵️
Our best practice guide helps universities be bolder in how they identify, admit, and support talent.
Backed with evidence and case studies from leading institutions, it sets out evidence-based, practical steps for them to improve social mobility.
suttontrust.com/our-research…
💬“If we are serious about building a fairer society, we must also confront the enduring link between where you come from and how you experience life itself.”
We found that there’s a ‘happiness gap’ between people born into different socio-economic circumstances ⬇️
Luckily, social mobility closes most of this gap.
Read our full report on the link between social mobility and happiness 🔗
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