How to bridge the attainment gap between state and private schools?

Questions are bring raised about the attainment gap between those educated in state schools and those in the private sector. Yesterday's A level results showed that a startling 70% of pupils at fee paying schools got A or A* grades compared with just 39% in comprehensive schools. And the gap in achievement which has always existed got wider. The question now is why – and what can and should be done about it Nick Robinson spoke to Sir Kevan Collins, the former education recovery commissioner for England – who resigned in June – but first to Kate Green, the Labour party's shadow education secretary. (Image, queue for exam results , Credit EPA .)