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Pupils missing out on top education
Posted on 14th December 2007
Pupils from low-income homes cannot afford independent school fees and few secure places in high-performing state schools, an expert has commented.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of education charity the Sutton Trust, made his comments in the Daily Telegraph, following the release of a study which showed bright children from poorer homes are overtaken by their less gifted but wealthier peers by the age of seven.
"Independent schools are closed to those who cannot afford the ever-increasing fees and our grammar schools and leading comprehensives take in very few students from low-income homes," he claimed.
Such schools should be fuelling social mobility in Britain instead of being closed off to poorer students, Sir Peter stated.
The Sutton Trust is co-funding an open application scheme for children where places at one of Britain's top private schools are awarded on merit and parents pay what they can afford, he added.
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