From independent schooling it is a short step to a good university and a top job with wealthy rewards. A current report on social mobility reveals the extent to which privately-educated children proceed on to dominate the professions. Gaby Hinsliff reports on why there is a call for educational changeHis father was a policeman who could never have afforded the fees. But for a young David Lyscom,winning a scholarship to a private school was the key that unlocked the door to his future success On leaving Latymer school in London, he joined the Foreign Office, and rose to become an ambassador and put his own children through Marlborough public school - and now champions the system as the current head of the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com