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Janet Downs: 93% of Britain’s children are victims of discrimination. Why? Because they are state educated

“Unleashing aspiration: the Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions” (2009): “…although only 7% of the population attend independent schools, well over half the members of many professions have done so. For example, 75% of judges, 70% of finance directors, 45% of top civil servants, and 32% of MPs were independently schooled.” The Panel found that the ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by andy: ""The survey concluded: “…that private education does, indeed, perpetuate a form of separate development in Britain, or ‘social apartheid’.” Separate development is in no way shape or form the same as "apartheid". In the legal sense the latter is enshrined ......"

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