Of course this wouldn't happen here.....would it?

We could do with a study like this here in Australia, even just in Ballarat !( Hello Fed Uni??? )

From The Times

Academies ( Charter Schools or Independent Schools) are paying comprehensive schools to take troublesome pupils, a study claimed yesterday, indicating that schools are finding stealthy ways to be selective.

It was suggested that thousands of children are being pushed out by schools desperate to improve their results. Some failing schools are closing and reopening with a smaller intake as a way of excluding difficult pupils, according to the Centre for High Performance, run by Oxford and Kingston universities.