With recent headlines suggesting that "across a range of sectors, the UK's most powerful and influential people are still 5 times more likely to have attended private schools than the general population1," Principal of Stephen Perse Foundation, Cambridgeshire, Richard Girvan, argues that instead of independent schools being seen as obstacles to social mobility, they should be recognised as a resource to be expanded to include the socially disadvantaged rather than shrunk to serve an even smaller group.

Source: www.independentschoolsmagazine.co.uk