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The migrant experience

Choosing a good secondary school for their children is often a difficult process for parents. But is it even harder for parents who are migrants to Britain?

A migrant family arrive in Britain in the 1960s
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In this article Bridget Byrne discusses her research into some of the problems immigrant parents face when choosing a secondary school for their children.

She introduces the concept of ‘equal choosers’, showing some of the reasons why the parents in her research were not equal choosers when compared to many non-immigrant parents.

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