Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
That's not what he is saying at all. You missed the important bit:



I've boldfaced the important part.

The implication is that even given equal academic qualifications, kids who are products of independent schools stand a better chance of attending Oxford/Cambridge than kids who are products of government schools.

Now, this still leaves room for speculation an misinterpretation but it certainly is not what you were trying make it out to be.
The article's main point is that paying for a better education (i.e being able to afford to go to good University such as Oxford or Cambridge) is a bad thing. The "positive" discrimination which Lefties love so much and what the government is doing is raising the entrance level for universities for those coming from independent schools and setting aside a large number of places only for those coming from state schools, and fining certain universities if they do not respect this.