General Article Comprehensive pupils outperform independent and grammar pupils in university degrees

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Students from comprehensive schools are likely to achieve higher-class degrees at university than independent and grammar school students with similar A-level and GCSE results, a major study commissioned by the Sutton Trust and the Government shows. This is one of the main findings from a five-year study by the National Foundation for Educational Research tracking 8,000 A-level students to investigate whether the US-based SAT could be used in university admissions in the UK.
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