Disadvantaged parents in England and Wales rule out Stem jobs for children, charity says

Pupils from lower socioeconomic background ‘don’t see it as a subject for somebody like them’, Teach First finds

Disadvantaged parents rule out careers in science, technology, engineering and maths for their children because they think those jobs are “already stitched up”, according to a leading education charity.

More than half of parents (51%) from a lower socioeconomic background, who took part in a survey by Teach First, said they believed their children were unlikely to go on to a career in Stem.