Graham Turner continues his assessment of the relevance of class in the 1980s.
2: Class in the Classroom All our children are supposed to receive an education ' suitable to their age, ability, and aptitude.' But do all children have an equal chance to get the qualifications which will determine their way of life from their teens to the day they die? Or is a child's social class still a barrier to success in the classroom?
Producer JANE MARSHALL BBC Birmingham