The ten per cent most selective schools do not accurately reflect their neighbourhood demographic, according to the social mobility think-tank the Sutton Trust, which has published a report called Caught Out, days ahead of National Primary Offer Day.
Poorer families are left with a more limited choice of school because of intake criteria that favours better- off families through a preference for those who follow a religion, the report claims.
The research also reveals the local authority areas with the highest proportion of such schools include Blackpool, Westminster, and Hammersmith and Fulham.
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