The Latest Breaking News from the Sutton Trust

Top philanthropist says London's LTNs drove him to quit capital for the United States

Sir Peter Lampl says that in the US ‘people who need to get about in cars are not treated entirely as pariahs’

Evening Standard · Sep 27

A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds

‘Polyclass’ of 6 million people consider themselves to belong to more than one social category, researchers say

The Guardian - UK · May 16

Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive

School leaders believe some deploy a deliberate strategy to boost grades and improve finances, new research suggests

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24

Why children with Send from low-income homes face ‘double disadvantage’

Disadvantaged children with Send are being failed by a system ‘beset with inconsistency and bureaucracy’ a charity has said

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs

Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

‘Little progress’ made opening up top jobs to state-educated people – charity

The Sutton Trust said the most influential people in the UK remain five times more likely to have gone to a private school than the general population

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

The new reason state schools are falling behind private schools

The Sutton Trust is now urging the Government to intervene and ensure all pupils can access the technology

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem

The British media has a class problem, according to recent research by The Sutton Trust. In short, the privately educated are over-represented in the creative industries, especially in film and television. The trust’s report, A Class Act (2024), demonstrates that this area of British culture is disproportionately produced by the…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2025

Map reveals the London areas top of country’s social mobility league

East Ham has been ranked as the top constituency for opportunity, followed by Stratford and Bow and Brent West

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025

London dominates England’s social mobility league with top 20 places

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

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025