'Dear god, which planet is he on? The system is already so tilted in favour of private schools!' Mr Longden said. Matthew_Wright
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.
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