Our research

14 Dec 2022

Data for social mobility: improving the collection and availability of data across government

18 Nov 2022

Changing gears: understanding downward social mobility

21 Jul 2022

State of the Nation 2022: A fresh approach to social mobility

7 Oct 2021

Pathways to success: increasing the use of online careers advice by disadvantaged young people

21 Jul 2021

State of the nation 2021: Social mobility and the pandemic

30 Jun 2021

Against the odds: better outcomes for disadvantaged pupils

20 May 2021

Navigating the labyrinth: socio-economic background and career progression in the Civil Service

30 Mar 2021

The road not taken: drivers of course selection

11 Mar 2021

Social Mobility Barometer 2021

13 Nov 2020

Learning ladders: The role of adult training in supporting progression from low pay

13 Nov 2020

Increasing in-work training and progression for frontline workers

1 Sep 2020

The long shadow of deprivation: differences in opportunities across England

This report makes use of newly linked administrative data on all state-educated pupils born between 1986 and 1988 to follow a group of sons from where they grew up, looking at their family circumstances and their educational achievement, through to the labour market.