By James Gant For Mailonline
Published: 09:19 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 09:19 BST, 11 May 2019
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Privately educated children are being edged out of places at Oxford and Cambridge by 'social engineering' as the universities drive to take on more state pupils, parents claim.
Anthony Wallersteiner, head of Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, said the plans to improve opportunities for underrepresented groups caused a fall in Oxbridge places for private school pupils.
He said these children's parents are arguing it is social engineering and positive discrimination.
Private school parents have claimed their children are being phased out of Oxford and Cambridge (pictured) by 'social engineering'
Anthony Wallersteiner, head of Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, said parents have raised concerns of positive discrimination
Dr Wallersteiner told the Times: 'There's a much more concerted effort by admissions tutors to drive down the number of places given to independent schools and redress the balance and to put in contextual details.'
Barnaby Lenon, who was the headteacher at Harrow, north London, until 2011, and is currently chairman of the Independent Schools Council, added: 'Independent schools report that their marginal candidates no longer
