As expected there is a very clear correlation between the wealth of an area and the results achieved by the local school. But why is this? Are the children of poor people naturally less intelligent than their richer neighbours? Are poor people too lazy to take an active interest in the education of their children? Do the Council spend less on teachers for schools in poor areas because the parents scrounge dole money rather than contributing to the economy?

I suspect it is a combination of all the above. But what can be done about these 10 year olds who will form tomorrow’s worthless underclass?

Unfortunately I don’t know, and what with the thousands of hard working immigrants coming to the UK each year there won’t even be low paid / low skilled jobs for these kids to graduate into. It’s a real pickle………