Among the proper concerns of all education is not just academic achievement but the development of the whole person, which includes an appreciation of what it means to live in a society that is socially and racially mixed. The limitation of entry to independent schools will undermine that primary purpose. The independent schools will survive and probably thrive, but they will be the poorer, because they will become the exclusive preserve of the wealthy. That, in turn, will increase division in a society which the Government are pledged to unite. Excellence in education is the Government's declared aim.
Excellence consists of developing what is good and eliminating what is bad.
Neither excellence in education nor unity in society is best served by the destruction of that which is good.