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To think there must be tons of private school

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Enuffs · 05/02/2024 08:15

parents on MN by % given all the threads about how ‘unfair’ it will be if they don’t get to keep the dodgy tax breaks private schools get now?

6% of kids in the U.K. go to private school. But there are SO many threats about the VAT changes to private schools…

YABU - MN is probably 6% private school parents, they’re just bloody noisy

YANBU - seems like at least a quarter of the posters on MN send their kids to private schools!

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Zanatdy · 05/02/2024 08:20

Because MN has a lot of middle class members, it’s clear from a lot of the threads that MN is not made up of those on lower incomes waiting on cost of living payments

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Enuffs · 05/02/2024 08:20

Or perhaps there’s just loads of people from London and Sth where there does seem to be far more private schools? Following the money??

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CruCru · 05/02/2024 08:19

You know, I do see your point (my children go to independent school). I also wonder if people who don’t live in London find the education boards a bit pointless.

MN is not representative of the population as a whole - I expect that a larger proportion of people on here do send their children to independent schools.