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Independent schools 'supply important pupils'

Posted on 6th October 2009

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Many people on courses which are crucial to the economy have been supplied by independent schools, it has been said.

A report by an Exeter University academic found there are a disproportionate number of people from such schools taking up these positions, the BBC reports.

Using figures from 2006-07, the report found that 42 per cent of undergraduate students going on to study economics were from independent schools.

Engineering-based subjects also proved popular with independent school leavers, the BBC revealed, as 26 per cent of those in mechanical engineering are from this background.

A Graduate Recruitment Bureau study recently found that 77 per cent of student would recommend higher education to their siblings either for the education or simply the experience.

Only 17 per cent were revealed to be against higher education on the grounds that it did not help them find a job after they had graduated. ADNFCR-921-ID-19395675-ADNFCR