Leading universities urged to take no more than 10% of students from private schools

Expanding access to Oxbridge and other leading institutions would boost social mobility, say authors of new book

Strictly limiting the numbers of private school pupils attending Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities is a radical" move needed to boost UK social mobility and improve access to elite professions, according to the authors of a new book.

Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman, professors of sociology at the London School of Economics, argue that pupils from prestigious private schools such as Eton and Winchester have maintained a disproportionate grip on Oxbridge and Russell Group university places, despite recent improvements in admission policies.