The Assisted Places scheme provided a means-tested education at independent schools for young people from less advantaged homes until 1997.
The latest in a series of research projects tracking the beneficiaries of the scheme this week revealed the impact it has had.
It shows that as well as getting good qualifications and jobs, they felt their schools helped them to develop personal attributes, such as self-discipline and self-reliance, as well as enduring social networks.
Many of the Assisted Place holders are now in their 40s and virtually all have continued to gain promotion in well-paid professional and managerial occupations. More than 40 per cent of the 77 involved in the research are earning more than £90,000 a year.
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