Helen Keating makes a case for free music tuitionI agree largely with Suzanne Moore (Teaching all pupils to act more like Etonians won’t help solve inequality, theguardian.com, 7 February) except for one thing. As a graduate recruitment manager for some years, state school kids, especially those from tough backgrounds, have far more resilience. An accidental experiment when a teacher I know took a party of less well-off pupils skiing alongside privately educated pupils resulted in the end-of-week races being dominated by the less well-off kids. What if the local state system has no provision for the needs of talented students? Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2019 16:30 UTC