75% of leading judges went to private school

Three quarters of top judges and 70 per cent of QCs have benefited from a private school education, a new study has found.

The Sutton Trust analysis found these high-fliers in the legal profession were ten times more likely than the general population to have gone to an independent school.

Across the UK as a whole, only 7 per cent attend independent schools.

Meanwhile, 74 per cent of top judges attended Oxbridge, as did 78 per cent of top QCs and 55 per cent of top solicitors.

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