Comprehensive schools do not reduce social mobility
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Children are no worse off in socio-economic terms if they go to a comprehensive rather than to schools in the selective system, according to new research. The study found that when the total cohort of children was taken into account those who went to comprehensive schools were not disadvantaged in terms of social mobility compared to those who attended grammar schools and secondary moderns.