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Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds

More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with Send

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

England’s top secondary schools slammed as ‘appalling’ over SEND student intake

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The Independent UK · Mar 24

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

‘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

State schools falling behind private schools in AI ‘digital divide’ – report

Nearly a fifth of state school teachers in England do not use artificial intelligence compared to 8% of private school teachers, a survey suggests.

Evening Standard · 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

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

Only 5% of students in medical schools from lowest socio-economic group – study

Medical schools should make more ambitious use of contextual offers to widen access, a charity has urged.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Starmer accused of ‘fudging the facts’ of his schooling by education expert

Sutton Trust founder Sir Peter Lampl made the claim as he criticised the Government’s plans to charge VAT on private school fees.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025