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Janet Downs: Why is the proportion of pupils from independent and state selective schools attending top universities greater than the proportion of pupils from comprehensive schools?

The proportion of pupils from independent and state selective schools attending top universities is greater than the proportion of pupils from comprehensives. This fact has been used to criticise comprehensive schools. But what are the reasons for this discrepancy? Possible answers are: 1 Independents and grammars have a sixth form curriculum geared towards entry to top universities. 2 Pupils at independents and ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by andy: "If you will forgive me I'll largely borrow from my comment made yesterday on the Sutton Trust thread, which I acknowledge you have also responded and flag up the Trust's reference to their top 30 universities: "Although statistics are notorious for ......"

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Janet Downs: Academics condemn government policy in open letter

Norfolk academics have issued an open letter warning that the Government’s policies will harm educational opportunities for students and adult learners.   They regret the scrapping of the educational maintenance grant and the imposition of higher university fees which they believe will have harmful long-term consequences for both economic growth and social cohesion. The academics wrote, “While it is recognised that deficit needed ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rebecca Hanson: "There are some excellent article from that ATL in their back magazines which you can find down the left hand side of this page. http://www.atl.org.uk/publications-and-resources/report/may-june-2011.asp Here is just one example: http://www.atl.org.uk/publications-and-resources/report/report-2011/andy-brown-speech.asp I know there are some with more detailed and systematic analysis of education ......"

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