Good education for everyone...?
Top comprehensive schools in England are more socially exclusive than remaining grammar schools, according to study published the 11th of april 2010. Not enough 'poor' children are getting into these comprehensive schools.
Researchers found that only 9.2% of the children at the 164 top comprehensives come from income deprived homes against 13,5% 164 remaining grammar schools.
It is said the problem is letting the parents choose which school they want their children to attend which leads to oversubscription at the ‘best schools’.
One improvement may be to impose selection criteria such as which families live closest or religious backgrounds, but one reaction that occurs immediately is that this will not do anything good because rich parents will take dramatic measures to let their kids go to ‘the right school’, measures that poorer parents are not able to take. Other improvements may be ballot systems to offer the same chances to all children.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/11/comprehensive-schools-socially-exclusive
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