POSH pupils from just five private schools take more places at Oxford and Cambridge universities than Britain’s bottom 2,000 state schools combined, research reveals today.
The report by the Sutton Trust also reveals that private school students are more than twice as likely to get into the top 30 universities than comprehensive pupils.
Elite schools charging as much as £30,000 a year, such as Eton College where Prime Minister David Cameron was educated, and St Paul’s where Chancellor George Osborne was taught, are in the five.
Eton, Westminster School, St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Girls School – all private – and Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge produced 946 Oxbridge entrants from 2007-09 – one in 20 of all the students.
Meanwhile, 2,000 other schools and colleges produced a total of 927 students.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “We know these stark inequalities are driven primarily by the exam results, yet the data also reveals that university chances can vary dramatically for schools with similar average grades.”
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/08/five-top-schools-send-more-students-to-oxbridge-than-2-000-schools-combined-115875-23255186/#ixzz1RUBD6Ttz
The report by the Sutton Trust also reveals that private school students are more than twice as likely to get into the top 30 universities than comprehensive pupils.
Elite schools charging as much as £30,000 a year, such as Eton College where Prime Minister David Cameron was educated, and St Paul’s where Chancellor George Osborne was taught, are in the five.
Eton, Westminster School, St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Girls School – all private – and Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge produced 946 Oxbridge entrants from 2007-09 – one in 20 of all the students.
Meanwhile, 2,000 other schools and colleges produced a total of 927 students.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “We know these stark inequalities are driven primarily by the exam results, yet the data also reveals that university chances can vary dramatically for schools with similar average grades.”
Read more:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/08/five-top-schools-send-more-students-to-oxbridge-than-2-000-schools-combined-115875-23255186/#ixzz1RUBD6Ttz
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