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Private Vs State: Why The Wealthy Have It Best

Rachael Krishna | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Rachael Krishna

It is a worrying fact that even though we live in an era that supposedly mocks the class wars that have previously categorised British history, there is still discrimination among one of our most important institutions; education.

The British State Nursery System and Why It Doesn't Work For Working Parents

Helen I. Hwang | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Helen I. Hwang

Suddenly, I've become a private school parent because I'm a mom who wants to work. With the hour and a half a parent gets to themselves from a state school nursery, I realized that those parents don't work.

More Than A Third Of Team GB Medallist Were Privately Schooled

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

More than a third of Team GB's medallists were educated at private school, new figures show. Among those who claimed gold in their sport, more than...

Girls Sent To Private Schools 'To Be Protected From WAG Culture'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Parents are sending their daughters to private schools to protect them from the materialistic WAG culture, according to an independent education chief...

'People Like Us': Private Schools Could Cause Social Divisions

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Private schooling can create a "people like us" attitude that may lead to a social segregation, according to research conducted by Geoffrey Evans and ...

Parents Shelling Out £1,000 A Year For State Education

PA | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Parents are typically paying out more than £1,000 a year to send a child to state school, a poll suggests. Uniforms, statione...