Sentences with phrase «increased social segregation»

Taking into account the fact that the average faith school admits fewer pupils from poor backgrounds than the average non faith school, the EPI concluded that increasing the numbers of faith schools «would come at the price of increased social segregation».

Increasing the number of faith schools could lead to «increased social segregation, with a risk of lower social mobility», according to a new report.

Albeit on a small scale, free schools have increased social segregation, even in the context of the relatively egalitarian education system.

17) Education How can education be improved or reformed without introducing selection, or increasing social segregation?

The OECD warned in 2011 that the free schools and academies programme would need careful monitoring to ensure it did not increase social segregation.

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However, evidence from a range of sources released in recent months has been overwhelming in its condemnation of the move, revealing that removing the so - called 50 % cap on religious selection would not only lead to increased levels of segregation in schools and communities, but also damage social mobility and reduce the access of parents to their local schools.

«What's more, the introduction of free schools has led to increased segregation where pupils from the same social background increasingly concentrate in certain attractive free schools.

«We are worried that increased competition for school places will further exacerbate the social segregation in schools, with wealthier parents able to buy properties closest to favoured schools and children from poorer families being squeezed out and concentrated in the less popular schools.

Sweden, where the free schools experiment originated in the early 1990s, has slipped dramatically down the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings and there is clear evidence that free schools have increased educational and social segregation.