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Children with special needs are not well enough supported
Children with special needs are not well enough supported
Genetic differences only play a small part in determining educational outcomes
Genetic differences only play a small part in determining educational outcomes
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
Parenting support only makes a small difference
Parenting support only makes a small difference
People from poorer backgrounds are less likely to get to and do well at university
People from poorer backgrounds are less likely to get to and do well at university
People from poorer backgrounds do less well at school
People from poorer backgrounds do less well at school
Public services are often worse in deprived areas
Public services are often worse in deprived areas
The education system can never totally compensate for disadvantage
The education system can never totally compensate for disadvantage
There is little relationship between merit and reward
There is little relationship between merit and reward
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A levels and University Access 2022
Sutton Trust
A levels and University Access 2022
August 4, 2022
Sutton TrustA Lifetime Lost, or a Lifetime Saved
ADHD Foundation
A Lifetime Lost, or a Lifetime Saved
October 1, 2017
ADHD Foundation Bringing up the next generation: from research to policy
Nuffield Foundation
Bringing up the next generation: from research to policy
July 11, 2022
Nuffield FoundationCan genetics help eliminate inequality?
Can genetics help eliminate inequality?
November 19, 2021
Covid-19 and Disadvantage gaps in England 2020
Education Policy Institute
Covid-19 and Disadvantage gaps in England 2020
February 10, 2022
Education Policy InstituteDavid Cameron, David Beckham, and the UK's social mobility problem
London School of Economics
David Cameron, David Beckham, and the UK's social mobility problem
January 4, 2019
London School of EconomicsDisabled children and their families
Scope
Disabled children and their families
April 1, 2020
ScopeEarly childhood inequalities
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Early childhood inequalities
June 23, 2022
Institute for Fiscal StudiesEducation Inequalities
Education InequalitiesInstitute for Fiscal Studies
August 16, 2022
Institute for Fiscal StudiesHigher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
University of Warwick
Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
October 13, 2016
University of WarwickKey drivers of the disadvantage gap
Education Policy Institute
Key drivers of the disadvantage gap
July 25, 2018
Education Policy InstituteMeasuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
University of Bristol
Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
September 16, 2021
University of BristolSchool funding in England
National Audit Office
School funding in England
July 2, 2021
National Audit OfficeSocial mobility and ethnicity
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Social mobility and ethnicity
June 29, 2021
Institute for Fiscal StudiesSocial Mobility: Past, Present and Future
Sutton Trust
Social Mobility: Past, Present and Future
June 1, 2022
Sutton TrustThe myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?
The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?
October 19, 2018
Time for parents
Nuffield Foundation
Time for parents
May 26, 2022
Nuffield FoundationUniversities and Social Mobility
Sutton TrustInstitute for Fiscal Studies
Universities and Social Mobility
November 24, 2021
Sutton TrustInstitute for Fiscal StudiesCited attitudinal and framing research
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Social Mobility Polling 2019
Sutton Trust
Social Mobility Polling 2019
November 20, 2019
Sutton TrustWhat the polling says
Sutton Trust
What the polling says
July 1, 2017
Sutton TrustStories from partner organisations
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British children in poverty with no beds to sleep in or clean clothes to wear
Channel 4
British children in poverty with no beds to sleep in or clean clothes to wear
This documentary explores how cuts to children's services are affecting the poorest families and disrupting their children’s education
Channel 4I don’t know how my school would function without teaching assistants
Guardian
I don’t know how my school would function without teaching assistants
Southampton headteacher Sian Carr talks about the impact of the cost of living crisis on teaching assistants
GuardianIt's always going through my head - am I falling behind?
It's always going through my head - am I falling behind?
Kaydence lives in a remote area of Scotland and has been home-schooling while caring for her disabled sister
It's not fair to expect people and their children to hop about from home to home
Shelter
It's not fair to expect people and their children to hop about from home to home
Lucie talks about the regular stress and upheaval for her and her children of having to move seven times in the last 11 years
ShelterThe cost for our daughter to attend nursery is more than our mortgage
Sutton Trust
The cost for our daughter to attend nursery is more than our mortgage
Megan talks about how, although she is training full-time as a midwife, she only gets 15 hours of free childcare per week
Sutton TrustIf you grow up in poverty, there are so many more things against you
End Child Poverty
If you grow up in poverty, there are so many more things against you
Two friends, Amelia and Naomi, share their different experiences of poverty and the impact it has had on them
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