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Cost of private education hits £5,200 a term and more middle-income parents could struggle to pay
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Private education School fees
  • May 13, 2022
White private school boys are the new disadvantaged, says Cambridge academic
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Private education Disadvantaged Boys
  • May 13, 2022
Education in Scotland: Why state schools would be better if they were more like private ones
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Education standards Scotland Private education State schools
  • Feb 22, 2022
David Cameron does a U-turn over education and sends his daughter to a £21,000-a-year private school
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Private education
  • Jan 7, 2022
Fiona Rintoul: Elitist schools work against common good
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Elitism Private education
  • Dec 16, 2021
Social mobility chief ‘feels sorry’ for privately educated children who are ‘not taught properly’
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Private education Social mobility Katharine Birbalsingh Education standards
  • Dec 6, 2021
Social mobility tsar feels 'sorry' for private schools
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Social mobility Katharine Birbalsingh Private education
  • Dec 6, 2021
A reshuffled cabinet, the same diversity problem
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Private education Social inequality Politics Diversity
  • Sep 17, 2021
What could state education learn from alternative schools?
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Private education Educational inequality
  • Sep 5, 2021
GCSEs 2021: Private schools extend full grade 9 lead
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Attainment gap Educational inequality Private education Grading
  • Aug 20, 2021
This week's record grade gap between private and state pupils one of the bitterest legacies of Covid
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Educational inequality Coronavirus Learning loss Attainment gap Private education
  • Aug 13, 2021
Has Covid sparked a private school revival?
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Private education Educational inequality
  • Aug 11, 2021
'It's reverse snobbery!' Labour savaged over 'dangerous' private school levelling plot
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Private education Educational inequality
  • Aug 11, 2021
Emma Duncan: The education arms race is out of control
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Private education
  • Aug 6, 2021
Education: Is going private the best way to go?
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Private education
  • Jun 29, 2021
Sarwar accepts criticism over private school policy
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Politics Private education
  • Apr 22, 2021
By accepting fewer independent school students, is Oxbridge punishing middle-class parents?
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University admissions Middle-class Oxbridge Private education
  • Feb 15, 2021
Two in five top universities see drop in students from state schools
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University admissions Private education University access Widening participation State schools
  • Feb 11, 2021
Housing wealth, not bursaries, explains much of private school participation for those without high income
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Private education Education outcomes Social mobility
  • Feb 8, 2021
The gap between independent and state schools has never looked wider or more shameful
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Private education
  • Jan 14, 2021
At the chalkface: Because you’re poor
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Private education
  • Jan 11, 2021
Do private schools make a difference to mental health?
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Private education Mental health Academic achievement
  • Nov 19, 2020
One in seven of those who hold the most powerful positions in society went to top ten independent schools
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Private education
  • Nov 18, 2020
Private school pupils were twice as likely to receive full days of online lessons during lockdown
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Private education Online learning Disadvantaged pupils State schools Coronavirus Educational inequality
  • Oct 26, 2020
Britain’s best universities are dominated by private schools. Could I help level the playing field?
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Private education University admissions
  • Oct 10, 2020
The education sector is in a rut. Independent schools can help to break the cycle
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Independent schools Private education
  • Oct 6, 2020
For the first time, I am thinking about sending my daughter to private school
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Private education
  • Jun 11, 2020
Before society can ‘level up’, the ruling Eton-Winchester clique needs levelling down | Fiona Millar
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Educational inequality Private education University admissions
  • Mar 10, 2020
New cabinet shows that access to top jobs still unequal
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Private education Social mobility Education outcomes
  • Feb 19, 2020
62% of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet attended independent schools
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Politics Private education
  • Feb 13, 2020
A comprehensive victory?
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Private education Elitism Politics Election
  • Dec 19, 2019
Over half of MPs educated in comprehensives
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Private education
  • Dec 13, 2019
John McDonnell exposed: Shadow chancellor attended £36,000 a year top private school
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Private education Politics Election Private schools
  • Dec 1, 2019
Do private schools give students an educational advantage?
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Private education
  • Nov 26, 2019
The dilemma of a left-leaning private school teacher
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Private education
  • Nov 18, 2019
The private education risk premium
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Private education
  • Nov 14, 2019
Private school pupils earn more than state school pupils by age 25, IOE research reveals
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Learner outcomes Private education
  • Nov 8, 2019
Paying for a private sixth form education: how much difference does it make?
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Private education Sixth form Learner outcomes
  • Nov 6, 2019
Rich resources of private schools give pupils educational advantage, IOE research shows
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Private education
  • Nov 5, 2019
Private school education pays huge benefits according to new research
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Private education
  • Nov 5, 2019
Private school pupils gain one A‑level grade over state rivals
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Private education
  • Nov 5, 2019
How much does private schooling raise your pay, and does it make you give more to the community?
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Private education
  • Nov 4, 2019
University cap on private schools ‘will drive brightest pupils abroad’
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Private education University admissions
  • Oct 3, 2019
Eton's Tory alumni are part and parcel of what makes my old school so great
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Eton Private education
  • Oct 2, 2019
Tory Old Boys give Eton a bad name, former head fears
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Eton Private education
  • Oct 2, 2019
Refusals under private school cap ‘would top 1,000 on campuses’
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Private education
  • Oct 1, 2019
Television workers twice as likely to have attended private school
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Private education
  • Sep 18, 2019
How to get a discount on a private school education
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Private education
  • Sep 13, 2019
How Oxbridge distorts British life
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Oxbridge Private education Elitism
  • Aug 1, 2019
Old school ties? The educational background of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
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Politics Social mobility Elitism Private education
  • Jul 29, 2019
Two-thirds of Boris Johnson's cabinet went to private schools
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Private education Elitism Social mobility
  • Jul 25, 2019
Almost two-thirds of new cabinet attended independent schools
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Politics Private education Elitism Social mobility
  • Jul 25, 2019
Two-thirds of Boris Johnson's Cabinet were privately educated, research says
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Private education Social mobility Elitism
  • Jul 25, 2019
Two-thirds of Johnson’s new cabinet privately educated
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Politics Private education Social mobility
  • Jul 25, 2019
Boris Johnson’s cabinet is most privately-educated for generation, analysis finds
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Politics Private education Elitism Social mobility
  • Jul 25, 2019
As Boris Johnson – another Prime Minister who went to Eton – enters office, it's time to end private school privilege
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Private schools Private education Politics Social mobility Elitism
  • Jul 23, 2019
State-school kids who rose to the top in universities
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Private education Working class
  • Jul 16, 2019
I avoided a private education. Not everyone I know has been so lucky | Adrian Chiles
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Private education
  • Jul 3, 2019
Why do privately educated people in Britain earn more?
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Private education Outcomes
  • Feb 25, 2019

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