Esme Lillywhite
@esmelillywhite.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Education at the University of Strathclyde // Research and Policy Officer at the Sutton Trust // Social mobility advocate // Views my own https://esmelillywhite.github.io/
Check out the stats yourself on the site, & huge congrats to colleagues, this project has been a massive undertaking for the past few months!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Check out the stats yourself on the site, & huge congrats to colleagues, this project has been a massive undertaking for the past few months!
🔗 elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
🔗 elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
Compared to the general UK population, the leading people in our report are:
5x more likely to have gone to private school
21x more likely to have gone to Oxbridge
38x more likely to have done both 🤯
9 of the 46 professions we looked at were over 50% privately educated.
5x more likely to have gone to private school
21x more likely to have gone to Oxbridge
38x more likely to have done both 🤯
9 of the 46 professions we looked at were over 50% privately educated.
Elitist Britain 2025
elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Compared to the general UK population, the leading people in our report are:
5x more likely to have gone to private school
21x more likely to have gone to Oxbridge
38x more likely to have done both 🤯
9 of the 46 professions we looked at were over 50% privately educated.
5x more likely to have gone to private school
21x more likely to have gone to Oxbridge
38x more likely to have done both 🤯
9 of the 46 professions we looked at were over 50% privately educated.
It's also my birthday today so you have to read it 🤷♀️
July 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's also my birthday today so you have to read it 🤷♀️
Interesting also to see the results for each constituency. In my home town of Eastleigh, only 7.7% of FSM eligible pupils complete a degree by age 22, compared to 16% of FSM eligible pupils nationally and 32% of non-FSM pupils.
May 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Interesting also to see the results for each constituency. In my home town of Eastleigh, only 7.7% of FSM eligible pupils complete a degree by age 22, compared to 16% of FSM eligible pupils nationally and 32% of non-FSM pupils.
Thanks @mgoldenprof.bsky.social @noamlupu.bsky.social @carnes.bsky.social @eugenian.bsky.social & Joshua Ferrer
February 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Thanks @mgoldenprof.bsky.social @noamlupu.bsky.social @carnes.bsky.social @eugenian.bsky.social & Joshua Ferrer