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Facts to make you think

-    45% of independent school pupils with an A and two Bs go to a top university compared to only 26% with the same grades at state schools

-   The chance of getting into a top university is approximately 25 times greater if you come from an independent school than one from a lower social class or live in a poor area

-   Every year about 3,000 young people from state schools and sixth form colleges with qualifications to go to the leading 13 universities do not do so.

-   In 2005, Cambridge accepted 668 comprehensive pupils compared to 1159 Independent school pupils. In some colleges the statistics are even more stark. One college, for example, accepted 65 comprehensive school pupils compared to 156 Independent school pupils.

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