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NextGov: Boosting social mobility

13/06/2024

Carl Cullinane, director of Research and Policy at the Sutton Trust, looks at what the next government should do to deliver greater social mobility.

Areas with low social mobility face funding ‘penalty’

11/08/2023

The areas with the highest levels of social mobility receive 50% more in Whitehall grants than the least socially mobile areas, think tank Onward says.

Barnsley launches new initiative to boost employment

04/07/2023

Barnsley Council and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority have launched a new initiative to support thousands of residents into employment.

Focus on A-Levels undermines social mobility, think tank says

18/08/2022

White working-class and black British students risk missing out if schools focus on A-Levels as the main pathway to professional success, think tank warns.

Some families face being ‘locked into disadvantage’ for generations, report says

15/09/2020

Deprivation in dozens of English councils is now so persistent that some families face being locked into disadvantage for generations, report warns.

Fifth of local government leaders ‘privately educated’

25/06/2019

Around 20% of local government leaders and 29% of MPs are privately educated compared to 7% of the population, a report into social mobility has revealed.

Commission warns of entrenched ‘privilege gap’

01/05/2019

The Government must take urgent action to help close the ‘privilege gap’, says the annual report by the Social Mobility Commission.

Young people ‘pessimistic’ about future

12/12/2018

Millennials are ‘deeply uneasy’ about their futures, according to a new report into social mobility in the UK.

Unfair council funding is holding back social mobility in counties, MPs warn

31/10/2018

Social mobility in rural English counties is being held back by an outdated and unfair method of funding councils, according to a new report.

Whitehall announces £24m scheme to ‘boost’ social mobility in North East

08/10/2018

The education secretary will today launch a multi-million pound programme to boost social mobility and raise aspirations for children in the North East.

Cash-strapped schools relying on donations from affluent parents

13/09/2018

Government budget cuts are forcing many schools to rely more heavily on financial contributions from parents, a charity focusing on social mobility finds.

Inquiry launched into rural social mobility

29/03/2018

A new inquiry on social mobility in rural areas has been launched in a bid to determine what opportunities are available to young people in counties.

Educational opportunities ‘geographically unequal’, think tank says

22/12/2017

Access to high performing schools has become more ‘geographically unequal’ despite emphasis on improving schools outside of London, report finds.

Britain is a ‘social mobility postcode lottery’, report says

28/11/2017

A report into social mobility ‘debunks’ assumption that a simple north-south divide exists and argues chances of success are closely bound to where you live.

Decades of Whitehall policy has failed to improve social mobility, commission finds

28/06/2017

Two decades of Government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to reduce the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’, report reveals.

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