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Social mobility has been a major burden in Britain's politics as education seems to be the great leveler of equality of opportunity.
But the representatives of Britain’s elite, who tend to manage top jobs, are five times more probable to have been attended private school according to research.
An expert reveals that the existence of private schools is the most distorting in the educational system considering that it contributes to increasing inequalities.
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7% of the general population are privately educated and 39% of them dominate high-ranking jobs, a study by the Sutton Trust and Social Mobility Commission shows.
This survey manifests an urgent chance. Furthermore, a source from Sutton Trust explains that 65% of senior judges, 57% of members of the House of Lords, and 52% of diplomats attended private schools.
“Fixing this will require serious reform of the education system”, Luke Heselwood from the Reform thinktank clarifies. Some people do not realize that a major part of ISG schools have fewer than 350 students and only half are academically selective
tells the spokesman for the Independent Schools Council. Furthermore, elaborates that the assumptions about independent schools har far often based on misconceptions or stereotypes
A survey concerning social classes in the UK conducted by BBC includes 161.000 people. BBC Lab UK managed to divide them into 7 social classes measured by economic, social, and cultural capital.
The top class is Britain’s elite. People in this class are truly privileged individuals in the UK through their wealth. Far most of these people have attended private school due to their economic wealth and social network.
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