Huge percentage of BBC staff in top-paying jobs that were privately educated revealed
The news will increase claims of elitism at the broadcaster.
Only seven per cent of Brits have a private education, but 32 per cent of BBC roles with a salary of £150,000 or more are occupied by those who do.
And just 6.8 per cent of jobs there with pay of under £30,000 are taken by the privately educated.
Social mobility expert Prof Lee Elliot Major said: 'The BBC's disproportionate representation of privately educated individuals in its highest-paying roles starkly illustrates the persistent class barriers in British society.
'The BBC was founded to serve the whole nation — yet we have a public institution that looks and sounds out of step with the lives of the people it is intended to serve and represent.
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'It isn't healthy when the most powerful roles come from the same small slice of society.
"It means news organisations are fishing in a narrow talent pool, missing out on the perspectives of people from different backgrounds.'
The BBC said: 'We're doing more than ever to bring people to the BBC from all backgrounds.'
In 2023, an Ofcom report said low-income audiences found the Beeb too 'politically correct'.
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