Sentence examples for well off backgrounds from inspiring English sources

"New Labour and its liberal elite have abolished the Assisted Places Scheme that helped children from less well off backgrounds go to some of the best schools in the country because of their ideological hatred of private education.

"Education is the major factor in social mobility, ending the EMA will mean that many students from less well off backgrounds will simply not be able to countenance continuing with further education".

Is it getting harder for people from less well-off backgrounds to get on?

Those who support grammars argue that they provide opportunities to talented children from less well-off backgrounds.

They argued that a loan wouldn't help those from less well-off backgrounds because it would just add to students' debt burden.

Pursuing a career in law is highly competitive for anyone, but students from less well-off backgrounds face an even greater challenge.

So a number of social mobility initiatives have been created with the aim of luring those from less well-off backgrounds into the profession.

For example, Scottish students from well-off backgrounds receive less generous maintenance loans than those in England, and maintenance grants are different too.

Aid workers from less well-off backgrounds tend to trust the insights of their beneficiary communities while being healthily sceptical of the presumed expertise of their organisations.

And as we look ahead to this century, the prospects for young people – particularly those from the least well-off backgrounds – are uncertain.

Strike said that the consortium's research shows that students from less well-off backgrounds are more likely than average to say they wish to go onto postgraduate study, but are discouraged by debt.