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Power, Sally; Sims, Stuart; Whitty, Geoff – Sutton Trust, 2013
The "Assisted Places Scheme" was introduced in 1980 by the Conservative Government to provide a "ladder of opportunity" for academically able students from poor homes. Over the next 17 years, more than 75,000 pupils received means-tested assistance from public funds to attend the most selective and prestigious private schools…
Descriptors: Poverty, Student Financial Aid, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education