Following Team GB chief Lord Moynihan's comments that Britain's Olympic team is dominated by privately-educated athletes, the Sunday Telegraph has undertaken research into the schooling backgrounds of Team GB athletes.
Of the 440 (of 542) athletes for whom the Sunday Telegraph were able to determine their place of education, 20 per cent went to independent schools (88 in total), compared with 68 per cent who are state-educated (300 in total).
David Cameron has also expressed concern that the British Olympic team is too dominated by privately-educated athletes, but in our leader we explain why what is really needed is for more state schools to reach Olympic standards.
Of course, some state schools do have excellent sporting reputations, just as some independent schools including Millfield have produced an inordinately high number of Team GB stars. In this gallery we look at 10 schools – state-run and private – that have produced multiple members of London 2012's Team GB.
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