Academics at the London School of Economics and the University of Sussex looked at the ability in maths, science and English of primary school pupils moving to secondary school between 1996 and 2002.
They found an education system marred by segregation. In most areas high achieving pupils tended to attend the best school and low achieving pupils went to poorer performing schools. A major factor in this segregation was found to be the system of allocating places based on proximity to schools. This means "all the children in a rich neighbourhood go to school together and all the children in a poor neighbourhood go to school together".
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