Bafta-nominated actors are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying (private) school than the UK population as a whole, a report from UK social mobility advocacy group the Sutton Trust has unveiled. While 35% of the nominated actors and actresses went to a private school, only 7% of the population attend fee-paying schools. Recent Bafta awardees include Eddie Redmayne who attended Eton College, and Benedict Cumberbatch, who was a pupil at Harrow School. Social mobility and the creative industries’, also drew on research from the Creative Industries Policy and Research Centre. “It’s a tragedy that young people from working class backgrounds are the least likely to study creative arts degrees, or break into the creative professions.

Source: The Times November 14, 2024 02:39 UTC