mad? wrote:
I think the point is that if the OP is asking is asking about economic diversity, then yes, there will be some very wealthy people at Indies in London, some really struggling (to pay the fees) and some on some sort of bursary. The spread of this will depend on the school, and the purpose of OP's question is still unclear. Diversity is not about how many people are not like you, it is about diversity, and the one thing all the Indies/grammars/popular comps have in common is a huge lack of the disadvantaged child, be it socially, economically or anything else.
As a generic statement I would agree but in reality it really depends on the schools you look at.
My experience (London) is that some state schools are much less diverse than certain indies. The reason being that some indies do have a "not insignificant" number of bursaries enabling students from lower income families to attend the school. At the same time the local schools are much more homogeneous due to the simple fact that it costs a fortune to buy a property or rent nearby to be able to live within "catchment".