“I’m not here to defend privilege, I’m here to spread it.”
Prime minister David Cameron went on the offensive during his Conservative Party conference address this week. He made no apologies for his education at a “posh school” and said he wanted the same “great education” for every child.
Mr Cameron, echoing the long-held stance of his secretary of state for education, blasted what he described as the “culture of low expectations”. He accused his predecessors and some professionals of dismissing the potential of students simply because they are disadvantaged.
He said: “You hear the same thing over and over again – ‘what can you expect with children like these?’, they say, ‘these children are disadvantaged’.”
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