Hasn't the school Miliband went to been called 'Labour's Eton'?
Not exactly.
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Free School Meals 72%.
And wouldn't have been too genteel in the 80s. Big estates all around and the middle class moving out of London.
Another thing I came across with people from better-off households and better schools was that if they didn't get into Oxbridge one year they waited a year, retaking exams if necessary and bolstering their extra-curriculars, or they'd defer in the first place, having planned a year of voluntary work. Most of my cohort couldn't afford that sort of thing.
Both at my school and Oxford college, years out then were exceptions, but it's changed now where everybody seems to prepare more.
Finally, the sheer volume and quality of teaching available at Oxbridge was light years better than the average uni, so I'd be surprised if the same student wouldn't do significantly better. How Simon Burns managed to come away with a Third I just can't fathom.
To be fair to him, that's a 2:2 equivalent (he's 63). He might have arsed about in the godawful Oxford Union or something. I'd imagine it's easy to spend a lot of time on that.
Having said that, Mike Atherton got a 2:1 while playing first class cricket for his entire 3 years.