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📣 Today we have published new research on school-based nurseries with @SMFthinktank and funded by @NuffieldFound.

The research shows that progress on opening new school-based nurseries is far behind the government’s original plans 🧵⬇️

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@SMFthinktank Thanks to our speakers: Eleanor Ireland, Rebecca Montacute, Laurence Turner, Katie Oliver, Tiffnie Harris, Neil Leitch, and our Chair, Carl Cullinane.

And thank you to @NuffieldFound for supporting both the research and the event.

🔗Read the report: https://t.co/R7BGfr7nrz

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Thanks to everyone who braved the tube strikes and joined us at our panel event this morning to discuss our recent report with @SMFthinktank, Room to Grow!

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@SMFthinktank The event featured a great discussion around school-based nurseries, including the origins of the policy, access issues for lower-income families, the future of the school-based nurseries policy, and challenges for the early years workforce.

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Thanks to everyone who joined our discussion today with @suttontrust on the School-Based Nursery programme.

Our latest research with the Sutton Trust explored the barriers to the policy's success: https://t.co/64paKo5Nqo

A huge thank you to the panel for a great discussion!

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They discussed how the current approach to school admissions is contributing to social selection in our state comprehensives, and the steps we should be taking to tackle this issue.

🎤 Listen to the episode: https://t.co/QeOrlbmUP3

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💬 “For children with SEND, their socioeconomic status is just such a profound factor in their experiences in the education system.”

In a recent episode of Inside Your Ed, our Schools Engagement Lead Charley O’Regan spoke with Tom Richmond and Jonny Uttley.

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@BBCNews The research mentioned, Selective Inclusion, looks at whether top schools are accessible to disadvantaged pupils with SEND 🔎

It closely examines the link between disadvantage, SEND, and access to state schools.

https://t.co/ajyYrxr11u

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🗨️ "A survey by the Sutton Trust published in March found 41% of primary and secondary school leaders believe some schools actively discourage applications from pupils with SEND."

Great to see our research cited in an important @BBCNews piece on SEND 👇
https://t.co/R4574XzWcS

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Our May newsletter is out!

It's been a busy month, with the release of two pieces of research, the launch of our Fair School Admissions Hub, and the opening of applications for our free Sutton Trust Online programme.

Read the newsletter🔗 https://t.co/BbmFVZQtTv

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🚨NEW PODCAST🚨

Is school admissions the missing piece of the SEND puzzle?

@ReganCharley and Jonny Uttley discuss the findings from a new @suttontrust report on the difficulties some pupils face when accessing high-performing state schools.

Listen here: https://t.co/5nPqZD1GMs

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✍ "Social mobility remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the legal profession. The barriers that existed when I was a teenager have not disappeared."

Trainee Solicitor, Karolina, on the value of volunteering to improve social mobility ⤵️

https://t.co/ghzN4YAYoK

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✍️ "Alan Milburn's report revealed that the government spends 25x more on benefits for young people than it does on trying to get them into work."

Our take on the findings from the interim Milburn review on Young People and Work ⬇️

https://t.co/dkMVO8RWVl

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This is fundamentally unfair, and cutting hardship funds would worsen the current situation.

Furthermore, pulling back efforts on widening participation and outreach risks widening access gaps between the most and least affluent young people that universities have spent years trying to close.

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Our research has shown that students from less advantaged backgrounds are more likely to have skipped meals to save on food costs, and missed lectures or deadlines to undertake paid work.

They also graduate with the highest levels of student debt compared to their more affluent peers.

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🗨️ "Cutting hardship support would hit those with the least financial support hardest, and risk undermining their ability to succeed once they reach university.”

Our Director of Programmes, Katy Hampshire, on the impact of cutting hardship funds ⬇️

https://t.co/WBPHCbym9D

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✍️ "The governments’ flagship policy to expand early years provision through school-based nurseries has had a stuttering start." @Erica_HoltWhite

Our latest blog unpacks the findings from our research on the value and impact of school-based nurseries ⬇️

https://t.co/5fwNJJgpT3

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Does getting ahead professionally makes you happier?

Our research on social mobility and happiness shows that people who move into higher status jobs than their parents are substantially happier than those who remain in lower socio-economic groups ⤵️

https://t.co/TNtJLCAuAJ

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“A generation of young people are being let down by a lack of career support and early work opportunities.”

New report says 1 in 6 young people will not be in education, employment or training within five years.

Our response ⬇️
https://t.co/wN8DC1EfNa

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More broadly, we need to focus on tackling the inequalities embedded across the wider education system, which leaves too many young people from lower income families locked out of the opportunities enjoyed by their more privileged peers.

Without action, existing gaps will continue to grow.

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🔎 Almost a third of private school bursaries and scholarships go to the wealthiest families, a new study by @UCL has found.

It reveals that around 30% go to high-income households, 18% to middle-income households, and just 17% to lower-income households ⤵️

https://t.co/LUMNUNZDfv

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@ucl Bursaries and scholarships should help improve access to opportunity for students from less affluent backgrounds.

If this type of financial support is to play a meaningful role in improving social mobility, they need to go much further.

Right now, it’s a drop in the ocean.