This MP thinks you should discriminate against Eton pupils

A former education secretary has called on employers to discriminate against candidates who went to Eton as their grades are “not as impressive” as those achieved by candidates from struggling state schools.

At a meeting in New York, Conservative MP Justine Greening said that you should be using “contextual recruitment” to find the best candidates, the Times reports.

Eton is one of the most famous public schools in Britain and charges up to £12,910 per term for students to attend. Famous former pupils include Boris Johnson, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, David Cameron, the former Prime Minister, and the Princes William and Harry.

“Contextual recruitment basically says when you’re looking at someone’s grades who’s applied for a job . . . look at them in the context of the school they went to,” she said. “So if you get three Bs from Eton, you’re probably not as impressive as somebody who gets three Bs from the school in a part of the country where the school [wasn’t] doing well.”