Lee Elliot Major is Britain’s first Professor of Social Mobility, based at the University of Exeter. He was previously Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust, the UK’s leading social mobility foundation. A leading voice in national and international education debates, he advises corporate, government and education leaders across the globe. His award-winning books include Equity in Education and Social Mobility and Its Enemies. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded an OBE in the 2019 Queen’s Honours. Anne-Marie Sim is co-founder and lead of the South-West Social Mobility Commission at the University of Exeter. She was previously a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with leading UK and global companies. She holds a DPhil and Masters in anthropology and Bachelors in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction: Cracking the class codePART I: Class2.. The death (and rebirth) of class3. The detached elitePART II: Elite powerhouses4. Elite reproduction machines5. Powerhouses of the global meritocracy6. Firm dividesPART III: Class codes7. How you look8. How you speak9. How you play10. How you actPART IV: Building a fairer opportunity system11. Resetting the rules12. A New Deal for opportunity

'A compelling, cross-national perspective on elite reproduction, which illuminates global inequalities and identifies pathways for change.' Lauren Rivera, Kellogg School of Management