Pupils from private schools start drinking at a younger age, binge drink more frequently and take more drugs than state-educated ones, a study claims. Researchers from York University said that while fees were often ‘exorbitant… we found, for the first time, that private and state school students do not differ in their wellbeing across adolescence’. The York team, led by psychologist Professor Sophie von Stumm from the university’s department of education, tracked 2,400 pupils from state schools and 269 from private schools through to the age of 21. Pupils from private schools start drinking at a younger age, binge drink more frequently and take more drugs than state-educated ones, a study claims [File photo]They also tended to have more sexual partners. However, they were less likely to be in trouble with the police, indulge in anti-social behaviour or have unprotected sex than state school students.

Source: Daily Mail July 03, 2020 21:22 UTC