Top schools monopolise elite university places
By Richard Garner, Education Editor
Published: 20 September 2007
Pupils from Britain's top fee-paying schools are getting into the country's elite universities with lower A-level grades than pupils rejected from state schools, says a report out today.
Research by the Sutton Trust, the education charity dedicated to widening university participation among young people from deprived backgrounds, shows entry to Oxford and Cambridge, in particular, is dominated by an elite group of schools.
The study of university admission rates over five years at 3,700 state and private schools in the UK rejects the claims made by the independent sector that government moves to encourage wider participation have led to discrimination against their pupils. Instead, it suggests at least 3,000 pupils from state schools have been denied a place at the country's top 13 universities – despite having the same or better qualifications than independent school pupils who obtained a place.
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