Can private schools transform state education?

Transforming state education: class sizes in state secondary schools are on average more than double those in independent schools says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Develpment (OECD). Photograph: AlamyPrivate schools should end their "splendid isolation" and work with state schools, according to chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw. He was speaking at a recent conference hosted by one of England's most prestigious private schools, Wellington College. The college's

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