The Sutton Trust

🚨 State schools are quickly falling behind as a new AI digital divide is opening up in the education system. Our new report finds that private schools are way ahead on setting AI policies, dedicating staff to oversee its use, and providing training and resources ⤵️🧵

🗣️ Oracy is a crucial life skill which every child should develop. We are proud to have signed @voice21oracy's open letter to @Keir_Starmer reiterating the need to support all pupils in developing their speaking, listening and communication skills 📩 theguardian.com/education/2025…

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💬 "These three gaps are already emerging and need addressing urgently. The technology will not wait for government to develop a policy response." @KevinLatham88 unpacks our new research on the emerging gaps in how AI is being used in schools ⤵️ suttontrust.com/news-opinion/a…

Bands and artists from working-class backgrounds have contributed a huge amount to Britain's musical landscape. But working-class people today are facing many barriers to accessing creative careers like music. Our research cited in @theLDNstandard ⬇️ standard.co.uk/comment/oasis-…

📸 Some of the fantastic Sutton Trust programmes team at our Pathways to Banking and Finance conference at the @uniofwarwick last week! Our passionate staff put a huge amount of time and effort in to ensure that our students have the best time possible on our programmes 👏

🚨 4% of players in the England Women's Euro 2025 squad went to a private school. Ahead of the #WEURO2025 semi-final tonight, our analysis finds that the @Lionesses backgrounds better reflect the wider population than the England Men's team and Team GB medallists ⬇️⚽️

📊 Our Opportunity Index found that London constituencies are way ahead in providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people, with other regions across England trailing far behind. Thank you to @Uma_Kumaran for mentioning our work in the House of Commons last week ⤵️

AI is already being used in schools across the country. But our research found growing inequalities in how schools are adopting the technology and what they’re doing to help teachers to use it. Here are our thoughts on tackling this rapidly emerging issue ⬇️

📢 Big news! We’re teaming up with @Causeway_Edu to deliver @suttontrust 's Teacher Champions Programme from Sept 2025! 🎓 Free webinars on personal statements, admissions tests & more - all designed for teachers and advisers. 🔗 Learn more: advancingaccess.ac.uk/events/advanci…

We have been campaigning on this for the last decade, so brilliant to see a substantive commitment from government to tackle this.

✍️ "While the debate over artificial intelligence in education is still raging, AI is already surging through our schools." Our Director of Research and Policy, @CullinaneCarl, draws on our new research to discuss the impact of AI on education in @tes 👇 tes.com/magazine/analy…

💬 “If action isn’t taken to close these widening gaps, access to AI risks becoming the next major barrier to opportunity for disadvantaged young people.” Our new report reveals major differences in how state and private schools are adopting AI tools 👇 suttontrust.com/our-research/a…

📣 New @CoalitionEdCare @Moreincommon_ research reveals strong support for expanding early education and childcare among parents of young children. It also finds that the public has a large appetite for bold reform of the childcare system, with support for government action ⬇️