Summary
The Sutton Trust was established in 1997 with the aim of providing educational opportunities for children and young people from non-privileged backgrounds. It has funded a large number of access projects in early years, school and university settings, and now plans to focus primarily on research and policy work, as well as a small number of innovative pilot initiatives.
The following statement taken from the trust’s 2008 accounts explains the new policy further.
‘During the course of the year the trustees decided to move away from large scale initiatives and refocus on research and policy work – attempting to prompt wider change in the educational system by looking into an issue, proposing and testing a solution, and advocating evidence based reform. In keeping with this model, the trust will continue to fund small scale demonstration projects which will, as before, span the early years, school and college settings and into higher education and the professions .’
The trust envisages that most of these projects will be developed through existing contacts and partnerships. Please contact the trust for further information.
Grants in 2008
In 2008 the trust had assets of £1.4 million and an income of £4.8 million. Grants totalled £3.3 million and were broken down as follows:
University outreach |
£1,500,000 |
School/colleges |
£1,400,000 |
Research projects |
£387,000 |
Early years learning |
£63,000 |
Open access |
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Beneficiaries included: Bristol University Summer School, Oxford Access Scheme, LEAPS, Industrial Trust Schools Project, INTO University, Parents as First Teachers, University of York, Social Mobility Summit and Durham University.
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