📜Today’s data reflects findings from our Opportunity Index earlier this year
@suttontrust , which found that London is miles ahead of other regions in providing the best opportunities for the poorest young people. You can find this research here: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

🎓Gaining a university degree remains the surest route to social mobility. But today’s figures show the gap between the most and least deprived areas remains wide + worse than before the pandemic. More must be done to ensure all students, regardless of background, can go to uni.

There also appears to be something interesting going on when we look at uni entry rates by tariff, with a higher proportion now heading to medium-tariff institutions. This is the second yearly increase in a row. #ALevels #ResultsDay25

🏘️There has also been little change to the access gap by deprivation (IMD). It rose slightly to 22.5% this year, compared to 22.3% in 2024 and 20.7% pre-pandemic in 2019.

🗺️The overall rise in top grades this year masks growing regional inequalities, with the North East and West Midlands seeing a fall in the proportion of top grades achieved this year. Since 2019, London has seen the largest increase in top grades by far.

At @suttontrust.bsky.social , to make access to internships fairer, we want to see unpaid internships over 4wks outright banned. Irrespective of legal changes, employers should take seriously their responsibility to pay interns. All roles should also be openly advertised. 📣

Taking an unpaid role is just not an option for many young people. Imagine working full time, unpaid, but having to fund even the minimum living costs...without savings or help from family, this is near impossible! Indeed, 2 in 5 say their unpaid role was funded by family...

We can see that internships are becoming more common, and we have long seen at @suttontrust.bsky.social in our research that they are a great way to start your career. But yet many disadvantaged young people are shut out as they don't have connections that can share opportunities...

A Class Act also found that almost a third of elite figures in TV, Music and Film went to private school, compared to c.7% of the population on average. For more findings, take a look here: suttontrust.com/our-research... 👚🎨🎭🎵📽️

Take a look at the piece: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...