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<strong>Letter: </strong>The Sutton Trust should look at even greater unfairness such as funding inequality for different areas, writes <strong>Yvonne Williams</strong>

ROSS CLARK: For as we have witnessed over the past few days with ITV s drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office, there is nothing that grabs at the human soul as much as raw, blatant injustice.

Top comprehensives are more likely to admit middle-class pupils than grammar schools in some areas, research has suggested.

Some 155 comprehensive schools have been identified in a report as being “more socially selective” than the average grammar school in their admissions.

Random allocations can be one way of preventing schools from becoming socially segregated, as more affluent parents push up house prices near good schools.

Research by Sutton Trust finds disadvantaged students less likely to get into top performing schools in England than their peers

Poorer pupils are less likely to get into top-performing comprehensive schools than their peers even if there is one in their local area, according to research by the Sutton Trust.

More than 150 comprehensive secondary schools in England are more ‘socially selective’ than the average grammar school

At 41, I’ve returned to university, an experience which, first time round, totally changed my life. Now I’m one of the oldest students in my year and already in debt, but I’ve discovered a newfound joy for education and the importance of learning

Mental health