Sutton Trust is an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to improve social mobility and address educational disadvantage.
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11 Facts About Sutton Trust
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Since its founding in 1997, the Trust has received the majority of its funding from its founder and executive chairman, British business executive Sir Peter Lampl.
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The Sutton Trust is actively fundraising, and has attracted a number of senior figures from banking, industry, trusts and foundations to join its Strategic Advisory and Development Board and its Fellowship.
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Sutton Trust is investing over £4 million per year in research and programmes designed to improve social mobility.
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Sutton Trust ran its first summer school in 1997 at Oxford University, and they continue to be highly popular.
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Sutton Trust is developing a comprehensive programmes model to enable young people from non-privileged backgrounds to enter the professions – including Law, Medicine, Banking, Insurance, accounting and consulting.
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Sutton Trust produces research on education and social mobility that spans the early years, school, universities and access to the professions.
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In 2014 the Sutton Trust published a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies investigating the impact of tuition fee reforms.
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Sutton Trust published the first index of the performance of academy chains in 2014.
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Sutton Trust published a literature review Baby Bonds in 2014 by researchers from Columbia and Princeton universities highlighting the importance of secure attachment for babies.
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In 2011 the Sutton Trust was awarded a £135 million arm's length grant by the Government to establish a new initiative to boost the attainment of disadvantaged children.
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