Elitist Britain 2025: The Educational Backgrounds of Britain's Leading People
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| Title: | Elitist Britain 2025: The Educational Backgrounds of Britain's Leading People |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Sutton Trust (United Kingdom) |
| Source: | Sutton Trust. 2025. |
| Availability: | Sutton Trust. 9th Floor Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP. Tel: +44-20-7802-1660; E-mail: info@suttontrust.com; Web site: http://www.suttontrust.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 122 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Educational Background, Private Education, Public Education, Political Candidates, Athletes, Public Officials, Social Class, Popular Culture, Social Status |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (Great Britain) |
| Abstract: | The six years since Elitist Britain 2019 have been a time of political and social turbulence at home and abroad, including wars, a pandemic, a cost of living crisis, and five prime ministers. Racial diversity and inclusion leapt to the top of the agenda, before becoming subject of a 'culture war', while the 2024 General Election saw unprecedented political fragmentation, with many rejecting 'establishment' parties on both the right and left. In light of this volatility, Elitist Britain 2025 explores the educational backgrounds of leading figures across the world of politics, media, business, charity, sport, creative and public sectors. The report finds that across a range of sectors, the UK's most powerful and influential people are still 5 times more likely to have attended private schools than the general population. Little has changed since 2019 and the proportion of privately schooled leaders in some professions has actually increased, including FTSE100 chairs, cricketers, newspaper columnists and BBC executives. However, increasingly important online influencers and content creators are more likely to have been state educated than those in traditional media. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Access URL: | https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/elitist-britain-2025/ |
| Accession Number: | ED677388 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The six years since Elitist Britain 2019 have been a time of political and social turbulence at home and abroad, including wars, a pandemic, a cost of living crisis, and five prime ministers. Racial diversity and inclusion leapt to the top of the agenda, before becoming subject of a 'culture war', while the 2024 General Election saw unprecedented political fragmentation, with many rejecting 'establishment' parties on both the right and left. In light of this volatility, Elitist Britain 2025 explores the educational backgrounds of leading figures across the world of politics, media, business, charity, sport, creative and public sectors. The report finds that across a range of sectors, the UK's most powerful and influential people are still 5 times more likely to have attended private schools than the general population. Little has changed since 2019 and the proportion of privately schooled leaders in some professions has actually increased, including FTSE100 chairs, cricketers, newspaper columnists and BBC executives. However, increasingly important online influencers and content creators are more likely to have been state educated than those in traditional media. |
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