DISADVANTAGED young people living in London and the South are most likely to get ahead in life while pupils in some parts of the North-East and North Yorkshire are experiencing low or very low social mobility, according to new research.

The new Social Mobility index produced by the educational charity The Sutton Trust ranks all 533 parliamentary constituencies in England according to measures of social mobility through education.

Looking from the early years through to professional life, the date shows how well each constituency is doing in terms of improving prospects for their most disadvantaged young people.

Despite having a high percentage of young people from disadvantaged homes the capital can claim high levels of social mobility with 30 of the top 50 constituencies in Greater London.

But some areas of the North-East and North Yorkshire are ranked as providing low or very low social mobility to disadvantaged young people living in those areas.

Constituencies classed as having very low social mobility (with their placing out of 533 in brackets) include Bishop Auckland in County Durham (429th) Scarborough and Whitby in North Yorkshire (455th) and Wansbeck in Northumberland (514th).

Tyneside appears to have a particular problem with Newcastle North (419th), Newcastle East (441st) Newcastle Central (484th) and Jarrow (462nd) all classed as having very low social mobility.

Areas classed as having low social mobility include Easington in East Durham (348th), North Durham (307th), Richmond in North Yorkshire (370th) and York Central (360th).

By contrast some North-Eastern areas offer pupils very high social mobility. These include Durham City (36th), Harrogate and Knaresbrough (96th) and Hexham in Northumberland (4th).

Areas offering high social mobility include Sedgefield, County Durham (174th), Skipton and Ripon (110th), Harrogate and Knaresborough (96th), York Outer (144th) and Gateshead (147th).

Dr Lee Elliot, chief executive of the Sutton Trust, said: “The fact that schools in some parts of the country do much better for their disadvantaged students than those in other parts of the country shows how important it is that the next Government redoubles the national drive to improve social mobility and reduce educational inequalities.”

To view the interactive map go to sutton.trust.com/researcharchive/mobility-map-2