Post 16 choices by background

The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for a data analysis exercise which explores how post 16 choices relate to prior attainment, socio-economic status, gender and ethnicity. The purpose of this work is to fill what we consider to be an important evidence gap on how choices made about where and what to study post 16 affects students’ ability to fulfil their potential – in particular in higher education. The Commission’s social mobility remit spans the early years, schools, post 16, university and the professions/adulthood and we are regularly confronted with evidence that low prior attainment and sub-optimal educational choices are key re…

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