Saturday, November 10, 2007

Middle classes abandon state schools

By Graeme Paton and Toby Helm
Last Updated: 2:27am GMT 10/11/2007

A growing proportion of middle-class parents are giving up on state education after 10 years of Labour rule by paying to educate their children in the independent sector, official figures have disclosed.
Many families outside the traditional fee-paying heartland of the South East are shunning comprehensives
The scale of the exodus is shown for the first time in statistics indicating that many families outside the traditional fee-paying heartland of the South East are shunning comprehensives in favour of private schools.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/10/nschool110.xml&CMP=ILC

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