‘Privately educated tighten their grip on Britain’s most powerful roles’ - Sutton Trust, Elitist Britain 2025

https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/privately-educated-tighten-their-grip-on-britains-most-powerful-roles/

https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/elitist-britain-2025/

Sad to see little has changed since the #SuttonTrust's first Elitist Britain report back in 2019; let alone since 2021 when A Stubborn Fury: How Writing Works In Elitist Britain was published:

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/a-stubborn-fury/

‘The most powerful and influential people in the UK remain 5 times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the general population. Members of this leadership elite are also twice as likely to go to #university over five times more likely to have gone to a #RussellGroup university and 21 times more likely to have gone to #Oxford or #Cambridge than the general population. Just 7% of the general population attends #privateschools

#class #classwar #elitism #school #politics #education

Privately educated tighten their grip on Britain’s most powerful roles - The Sutton Trust

Elitist Britain 2025 explores the education backgrounds of 6,000 of Britain's leading people.

The Sutton Trust