A report has said that Black and Asian school-leavers are more likely to go to university than their white counterparts.
According to new figures from the Department for Education, two out of three secondary schools do not send a single pupil to Oxford or Cambridge University. It also showed that one in seven schools (335) failed to send a student to any of the top 24 Russell Group universities, reported The Independent.
The grouping lists 24 of the topmost higher education institutions.
The data also demonstrated that Asian students are the most likely to study at a top university with 11 percent joining a Russell Group university including, Oxford and Cambridge, as opposed to 11 per cent of white students and six per cent of black students.
The figures for the year 2012-13 showed that the percentage of state-school students joining a university dropped from 53 per cent to 48 per cent in the first year as fees rose to 9,000 pounds.
In a strong contrast to the above figures, 60 per cent of privately educated pupils went on to university with 46 percent of them joining universities ranked in the top third.
The data came as Sir Anthony Seldon, master of leading independent school Wellington College, in Berkshire, remarked that none of the three main political parties had "serious policies" to ensure that the disadvantaged in Britain have access to a top-quality education that would open up the way to top university places and successful careers.