Wednesday, 15th August 2012

Over a third of British Olympic Winners were privately educated

Source: Sutton Trust (UK)

Over one third (37%) of British medal winners in the 2012 London Olympics were educated at fee-paying schools, which educate just 7% of the school population, a study by the Sutton Trust reveals.

Over half (54%) of Olympic winning rowers meanwhile were privately educated – compared with just under a third (32%) coming from state comprehensive schools, with the remainder from grammars.

The research also finds that one in ten (10%) of British Olympic winners who attended a British university went to Oxford or Cambridge, and 60% attended a selective university.

The proportion of privately educated Olympic winners (37%) is similar to that for MPs (35%), but less than leading journalists (54%) or judges (70%) according to Sutton Trust studies.

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By Adrian Janes

Having begun his career in academic libraries, Adrian Janes is currently an Information Services Librarian with the London Borough of Havering.

In this role, he has particular responsibility for information from both the UK Government and the European Union. He wrote a detailed report on sources for the latter which was published by Free Pint Ltd. in 2007. He is also involved in training and publicising online reference resources and is a regular contributor to DocuTicker.

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