The Sutton Trust has commissioned and published some attention-grabbing educational research. Summaries were published by the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1177283/Struggling-schools-fail-bright-pupils-High-fliers-11-miss-GCSE-grades.html and by the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/may/04/gsces-school-education The full report can be seen at http://www.suttontrust.com/reports/Attainment_deprived_schools_summary.pdf
I cannot say the results are that much of a surprise to me, indeed thinking back to a couple of schools where I worked, albeit a long time ago, brighter students would have been pleased to have suffered from these relatively minor disadvantages.
However, I thought it interesting that the Sutton Trust draw the conclusion that all schools should have a balanced socially mixed intake "we argue that the best results for all children – low and high ability – is if there is a spread of abilities in each school. All pupils benefit from that, and it is the only way to start reducing the educational inequalities in this country" but would that include private schools?
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