Labour Against Private Schools co-founder Steven Longden asks "which planet" Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is on in criticising universities who "tilt the system away from children who are performing".
after Cambridge University vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope told private schools to accept they will get fewer students into Oxbridge in the future. Mr Zahawi, however, said it was the job of Government to reduce the "attainment gap" between the state and private sectors by increasing the quality of state schools.
"State schools, on average, spend about £5,500 on secondary school students, your average private school spends about £15,000.
Matthew_Wright Actually you are wrong. Both my children go to private school and they work bloody hard and we have sacrificed a lot in terms of finances. You need to get you facts right before you start commenting about this. Not all parents have substantial money. A lot of it is sacrifice
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