Should YOUR children go to private or state school? One mum says paying for education gave her son the edge. Another says just it produces cosseted elitists. By Jill Foster Published: 12:10, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 13:27, 20 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments With a potential incoming Labour government pledging to impose VAT on private school fees, the question of whether to send your child to state school or go private has never been more pressing.
.. Here JILL FOSTER hears from two mums - one who claims the state system allowed her son to become the class clown and that moving him to a £40,000-a-year private school is the best money she's ever spent, and the other who insists independent schools produce self-absorbed nonentities who don't know how to connect in the real world - as they each argue their side of the story.
.. I was bullied at state school but it made me all the more determined to go state - I abhor the idea of paying for education on principle By an anonymous state school mum Monday morning at 8.
30am and I wave my daughters off to a busy day at their all-girls secondary school, their blazers pristine and their white shirts freshly ironed. Fifteen-year-old Marnie is a prefect and she'll be staying late for debate club. The school's eloquent team are top of their league.
Betsy, 12, has after-school Latin club. She's taking Latin as well as Spanish at GCSE. Their school is rated 'good' by Ofsted and excels in science subjects.
It also has fabulous arts and language.
