After years of progress on closing the gap in educational attainment, it looks like poorer pupils are starting to fall further behind their more wealthy peers, says Education Policy...
Schools cannot be expected to address the problems disadvantaged children face on their own - it’s down to society too, says education secretary Damian Hinds.
Shire counties have been “hamstrung” in their efforts to improve social mobility due to “outdated” funding methods that favour cities over rural areas.
Justine Greening’s departure means the Cabinet has lost a doughty champion of social mobility, says the Sutton Trust’s Conor Ryan. Her successor Damian Hinds needs to make his name – and a big...
The Sutton Trust’s Conor Ryan considers the fallout from the resignations at the Social Mobility Commission and suggests where the policy agenda could go next.
Successive administrations have failed to improve social mobility for the past 20 years, a report from the government's Social Mobility Commission has found.
Prime minister Theresa May has been urged to set specific targets to improve social mobility and create a special unit to drive the implementation of her pledges.
The government has launched a £60m programme that will work with local authorities and schools to improve social mobility, initially focused on six “coldspots” across the country
Top accountancy firms are “systematically” excluding working class applicants from their workforce, the government’s social mobility watchdog claimed today.
The election result on May 7 may have surprised pundits expecting a hung parliament. But it was equally interesting in what it says about Britain today, and who now gets to become an MP.
