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Reigate Grammar School – ‘School/College of the Year’ 2021
Reigate Grammar School Overview Reigate Grammar School (RGS) was the winner of the ‘School/College of the Year’ award at the UK Social Mobility Awards 2021. Founded in 1675, as a school for poor children, RGS School and Foundation did great work to widen access to...
SOMOs 2021 Winners Case Studies Report
In this report, we celebrate the employers and educators who won UK Social Mobility Awards in 2021. Across each of the 11 categories, we examine winners’ activities, enabling factors, challenges overcome, how to measure success, and plans for the future. Our 2021...
Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022
The UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) are holding their annual Social Mobility Business Seminar for the fifth year running on the morning of Thursday 24th of March! The Social Mobility Business Seminar 2022 is taking place from 9.30am – 12pm, at The Royal Society of...
SOMOs 2021: Key Findings Report
Employers and educational institutions continued to advance social mobility in 2020-21, in spite of ongoing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most social mobility work over this period aimed to reach, recruit and retain people from less advantaged...
UK Social Mobility Awards 2021 – Winners Announced
SOMOs 2021 Winners On the afternoon of Thursday 14th October, the UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) hosted it’s fifth annual awards gala and announced the winners to this year’s event. Taking place as a virtual ceremony for the second year in a row, we were delighted...
2020 Winners’ Case Studies – Interim Report
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 UK Social Mobility Awards took a very different format from previous years. However, work to advance social mobility continued across a range of industries and locations throughout the UK. The 2020 Winners’ Case Studies...
SOMOs 2019: Winners’ Case Studies Report
In 2019, the UK Social Mobility Awards built on the success of previous years, with a 30% increase in both entrants and entries. The 2019 SOMOs Winners’ Case Studies Report takes a closer look into the winner of each of the SOMO categories, including individual and...
SOMOs 2019: Key Findings Report
In 2019, the UK Social Mobility Awards built on the success of previous years, with a 30% increase in both entrants and entries. Leading the Charge: How leading UK organisations are supporting social mobility takes a category-by-category look at what entrants did, and...
Social Mobility Matters
In the last two months, we have seen a myriad of research being published to highlight the developments taking place around social mobility, and raising awareness to the issues that those most vulnerable in the UK are facing because of these developments. This blog...