Only 247 A-level students from poor UK families won Oxbridge places in the past three years.
It is barely more than half the total sent by just two private schools, Eton and Westminster, in the same period. Eton ’s boarding fees top £48,500. Westminster’s are almost £44,000.
Department for Education figures make a mockery of Oxbridge vows to help hard-up students get in, and reveal a widening North-South divide.
