An article said that students who attended private schools went on to obtain an average of 30 per cent higher earnings than state school students.
Source: Francis Green, Stephen Machin, Richard Murphy and Yu Zhu, 'What have private schools done for (some of) us?', Significance, Volume 6 Issue 2
Links: Abstract | BBC report
Date: 2009-Jun
A study found that 9.5 per cent of pupils at private schools were from postcodes where there was above-average incidence of eligibility for free school meals – compared with 5.1 per cent of pupils in the 200 most academically successful schools in the maintained sector.
Source: Press release 4 June 2009, Independent Schools Council (020 7766 7070)
Links: ISC press release
Date: 2009-Jun
