The school that a pupil attended remains a bigger factor in whether they get into a top university than having good A-level grades, research suggests.
The Sutton Trust charity, which analysed admissions from 2002-06, says state school youngsters are losing out. The trust found the number of pupils at the top 30 comprehensives who went to Oxbridge was just a third of what might be expected if based on ability. But at the top 30 independent schools, more than expected got Oxbridge places.
The trust says the findings cannot be attributed to A-level results alone.
Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said :-
"We have a class structure, that is the very simple answer. We actually do have a class structure and that gets in the way of trying to do something about this."
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