Sigh! Guardian article, did you miss this bit

"If you’re a working class child, you’re starting the race halfway round the track behind the middle class child. Middle class parents do a lot via extra resources and activities"

Regardless of what type of school it is, the influence and engagement of the parents is massive. She even sites her own working class parents who motivated her to go to Cambridge ultimately by hard work.

Posted By: Basingstoke_Canary, Nov 21, 12:34:29