Andy, you've just shown that you didn't understand what I wrote. I was not saying anything about mixed ability classes. If the rich and the powerful had to send their children to the same schools as the rest of us, then they would ensure that state schools got better funding, more resources, better teaching standards, lower class sizes etc.
Would they? There are plenty of rich and powerful who send their children to state schools, yet the reason many of the schools their children attend are good has got very little to do with them, and a lot more to do with the fact that they are often amalgamations of previously good schools with previously reasonable schools; good teaching and admin. staff; location; raw 'material'; access to outside influences, such as work experience opportunities, and places to visit; and other factors. Rather than blaming 'teaching standards' many ofd which are far higher than when you and I were at school, blame the politicians for their constant tinkering with curricula, educational policy, ideas of best practice, etc.
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