Equality of opportunity implies equal outcomes at a younger age. For equal opportunities at primary school, all children would have to have the same abilities at the start of primary school, which is not the case.
I don't think that's what's meant by "equality of opportunity", though. Rather, it is being offered the same quality of learning environment, irrespective of socioeconomic status. Not being offered the same quality of intelligence.
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Sameness is the same as what I meant though. Thomas is right when he says that some people mean it as an opportunity to have public access to school, but that wouldn't be literally equal.
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Literal equal opportunity would mean sending the rich kids who can afford private school to public school instead & many people in the UK support that surprisingly.
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