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Private tuition

Are wealthier pupils at an unfair advantage?

More than a quarter of secondary school pupils in England and Wales have received private tuition to help them pass exams.

The Sutton Trust, which carried out the research, says this gives pupils from wealthier backgrounds an unfair advantage. Sir Peter Lampl is head of the Sutton Trust, and Fiona Millar is an education journalist and former school governor.

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