Should we abolish private schools?

A disproportionate number of people who occupy the top jobs across the UK – from the prime minister and leading politicians to judges and entertainers – were privately educated.
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Campaigners who think this situation has gone on too long are asking why we have private schools and whether it is time to get rid of them. Maya Goodfellow explores the case for abolition

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  1. Removing their charity status is a must. Its the biggest oxymoron and actual inequality here. Private schools are there for those that believe they are paying for a better education. Giving back to the community in minimal amounts is just a tick box exercise now to avoid tax. People have the right to decide where their children are educated outside of the state school system if they wish. However private schools asking for special exemptions is the real issue and is an outdated policy.

  2. I grew up in a state school, receiving free school meals. Do I feel remorse that others get nicer facilities in private schools? No not really. Having private schools gives you the opportunity to reward your children for your hard work but it doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at life coming from a state school. It just means you have to work a little bit harder and that isn’t a bad thing. Everyone is saying just improve the state schools but you’ve seen how dire our budget is already… we need to stop being jealous of what everyone else has and just work towards our own goals and be happy we are in a first world country, and we have the means to change our future.

  3. So you are walking along the road and somebody rides past in a car.
    "This is an unfair advantage!" you say. You abolish the car and make him walk too.
    The advantage is now gone, but will this get you to your own destination any faster?

  4. Too many people want a free education, and want what private schools offer. Talk to any teacher and our state system is broken. Primary os crowd control, bullying starts in year 2 as the teacher has no hope of knowong all their pupils inside out. People need to wake uo and either pay more NI and the government need to sort out fundinf, stop putting results first and focus on a child led education. Private schools are the masters of that, confidence. I came from a broken home and went to private school instead of the care system and it changed my life. I now worked to give my children the same, rather than being a number in a class. No wonder teschers in the state sector feel they have to go on strike. Our system is a government failure. The US has a class cap of 20 with specialist teachers. We need to look at what they do well and put that into our state schools or start charging parents based on income for their child's education

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