
The top 20 constituencies for social mobility in England are all located in London, with East Ham ranking first for offering the best opportunities to disadvantaged young people.
Educational charity The Sutton Trust has put together an ‘opportunity index’, which analyses six measures of mobility, including school attainment; the share of children on free school meals who achieve passes in GCSE maths and English; those who complete a degree by aged 22 and average earnings by aged 28.