Around 30% of all private school bursaries and scholarship funds go to the wealthiest families, with pupils from poorer families receiving less grant funding than those from both high- and middle-income families, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education , analysed 25 years of nationally representative UK household finance data, covering 1997/8 to 2023/24*, to examine the financial support offered by independent