Socio-Economic Geography
why social mobility?
Up to 70% of recruits for professional services firms still come from Private and Grammar schools, which are attended by only 7% of the population.
This is one of the many figures that The Talent Tap is keen to address, with the help of our growing network of Corporate Partners. Our aim is to make a real difference to young people’s lives and help close the prominent gap between disadvantaged and privileged.
Q. Why is the work of The Talent Tap necessary?
A. Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not.
What we’re doing now:
We focus on ‘social mobility cold spots’ (areas with lower house prices, greater levels of deprivation, lower performing schools and fewer available professional jobs) which are predominantly coastal and rural locations where the geographic barriers are so much greater. The added challenges associated with Covid-19 have impacted the UK’s most vulnerable students far more than their privileged counterparts – and the job market as a whole is vastly depleted. Recent research has shown that only 18% of 2020 Graduates are likely to secure jobs, compared to 60% in previous years – so right now The Talent Tap’s work is more important than ever.
Bedford Academy | Bedford
All Saints Academy | Cheltenham
Eckington School | Sheffield
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Richard Taunton 6th Form | Southampton
Lincoln Christs Hospital School | Lincoln
Kingsbury Green Academy | Calne Wiltshire
Wellington Academy | Tidworth Wiltshire
Chilwell School | Nottingham
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy | Blackburn
West Walsall EA Academy | Walsall W Midlands
King Ethelbert’s School | Birchington-on-Sea | Kent
WQE Leicester | Leicester
Corfe Hills | Poole
- Christ the King | Newport
- Ryde Academy | Ryde IOW
- Isle of Wight College | Newport
- The Island V1 Form | Newport
- Cowes Enterprise College | Cowes IOW
Dane Court Grammar School | Broadstairs | Kent
Witham 6th Forms | Witham Essex
Tendring Technology College | Frinton-on-Sea | Essex
Only 7% of the population attend grammar & independent schools.
Yet within the following professions, the percentage is much higher:
Everyone's talking about social mobility:
