School type is a blunt and unreliable proxy for disadvantage
Across the UK, children are increasingly being treated differently based on assumptions linked to the type of school they attend.
This needs to STOP
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A combination of tax changes and rising costs is reshaping educational choices and shifting pressure across a connected system, revealing the foreseeable consequences for families when policy assumptions meet real-world behaviour.
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