Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi Says We Should Be Proud of Private Education
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said that Britain should be ‘very proud’ of its private school system as he rejected the idea that top universities such as Oxford and Cambridge should ’tilt the system’ to accept more state school students.Â
The comments from the Education Secretary come after the vice-chancellor of Cambridge University Professor Stephen Toope told private schools to accept that they will get fewer Oxbridge admissions in the future, and instead, the university would be ‘welcoming others’ rather than telling private school students ‘we don’t want you’.
In response, the Nadhim Zahawi told The Times: “I think it should be based on merit and evidence.
“The thing to do is deliver great outcomes for all children, wherever they live, and especially our most disadvantaged children. This is why I?m flexing the system towards those areas that have fewer great schools or good, outstanding schools. “You don?t create a system that people feel is fair and equitable by in some way thinking that there is an easy fix. The best thing you can do is create schools in the state system that are as good as independent schools. Which we are.
“I need to continue my journey to deliver more outstanding and high performing schools. That?s the right strategy. Not to say actually, let me just accept that we?re not going to produce outstanding schools so let me just tilt the system away from children w...
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