Private School Head Demands the Return of Assisted Places

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BRIGHT children whose parents cannot afford a private education should have their fees paid with public money, a leading headteacher said today.

Barry Martin, head of the independent Hampton School, called for a revival of the assisted places scheme that Labour abolished as too "elitist" in 1997. He said such a move would help more working- class students enter highly selective universities like Oxford and Cambridge.

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Private School Head Demands the Return of Assisted Places

Mr Martin was speaking after his boys' school topped this year's Evening Standard league table with the best A-lev...

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