Private school students 'get better degrees with poorer grades'

Good exam results not necessarily enough to get into leading universities, new research shows

Eton College students
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Students who receive a private education are significantly more likely to graduate from a leading university than their state school peers, regardless of their exam results, new research shows.

Researchers focused on 7,700 people born in the 1970s, looking at their exam results aged 11, 16 and 18, their social background and their parents' educational achievements.

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