Media Coverage
A report published by the Trust in 2012 showing that of students who attended summer schools run by the Trust, 76% gained places at leading universities; the figure for students not attending the summer schools was 55%.
In 2012, the Sutton Trust announced the formation of an Independent Commission to review the impact of higher tuition fees.
A 2010 study by the Trust shows that more than a third of MPs elected in the 2010 general election attended fee-paying schools, even though they educate just seven per cent of the population.
In 2006, the charity published a report showing that the number of 'top jobs' going to pupils from fee-paying schools had increased since the Labour Government came to power in 1997. In 2007, another report was published highlighting the high proportion of Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates who came from "a small cadre of elite 'feeder' schools"
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