raise per pupil funding by a significant amount for those aged 16 to 19, and introduce a new pupil premium for disadvantaged students in that age group.extend eligibility and uptake of the 30 hour childcare offer to those only working 8 hours a week, as a first step to make it available to more low-income families.To help address this inequality, the commission calls on the government to: At a time when our country needs to be highly productive and able to carve out a new role in a shifting political and economic landscape, we must find a way to maximise the talent of all our citizens, especially those that start the furthest behind. Clearly moving out is too often necessary to move up. Our research suggests that being able to move regions is a key factor in being able to access professional jobs. The better off are nearly 80% more likely to end up in professional jobs than those from a working-class background.Įven when people from disadvantaged backgrounds land a professional job, they earn 17% less than their privileged colleagues.ĭame Martina Milburn, chair of the commission, says: Being born privileged still means you usually remain privileged.
The commission’s sixth comprehensive State of the Nation report looking at early childhood, schools, universities, further education and work reveals that social mobility has been stagnant for the last 4 years.Įxtensive analysis of new Office for National Statistics ( ONS) data shows the wide gap in school attainment and income between the rich and the poor has barely shifted. Inequality is now entrenched in Britain from birth to work, and the government needs to take urgent action to help close the privilege gap, the Social Mobility Commission says today (Tuesday 30 April).
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