Academically high-achieving teenagers from the most deprived backgrounds in England are five times more likely to be arrested and cautioned or sentenced than their peers from the wealthiest backgrounds, finds new research by a UCL academic. Professor John Jerrim (UCL Social Research Institute) studied the social outcomes of state school pupils in the lowest and highest socioeconomic groups, who scored in the top 25% in Key Stage 2 tests, which are taken at the end of primary school. Using pre-