To think private schools are more about parental ego than children’s education?

You’re talking shit OP. Does the same apply to private healthcare too?

Because to me, they are both about doing the best you can for your children with the resources you have available to you. The chips lay entirely on the shoulders of the people who judge.

I would say the opposite. If for example your child got B,C,D in their A levels at the local rough comprehensive they look like they have done well. If your child got B,C,D at the local private school I don’t think that would be good for a parents ego because it looks like even with all that additional help the child still didn’t do amazingly well.

I don’t send my child to private school as there is no way I could afford it. I do pay for a tutor though as he is a grade below what he needs to the job he wants. It’s a struggle to pay for it and I do it to help him not to feed my ego.

i think private school is too expensive for people to just send their kids to boost their ego. They can either afford it without struggling so why not or they really value private education so send them there. Most people don’t have the choice.

God given only 7% of children in the uk go to private schools (or 18% of 6th form they say), a significant number of MNers seem to be preoccupied with anything concerning private schools, bless them.

If I’d wanted to boast I think it would have been far more fun to do it spending weeks in the Maldives and buying myself Chanel Handbags and sports cars!

For me the most important thing you can give your child after love is a good education and confidence - that was why I did it.

So would someone sending their child to the best state school in the area also be for the ego boost?

I often think this when I go to the supermarket at 9 o'clock and the kids are still being dragged around in their distinctive private school uniform, "oh look at how much money I have".
Most end up doing an ology at an ex Poly, my friend teaches there and confirms most are as thick as mince, 6 out of 113 did A level Physics last year. Save your money for Uni.

Nothing to do with an ego boost. my ASD son can actually access education in a small, well behaved class. we tried state. To say it failed is the understatement of the century.
Yes, all children should have access to decent education.
But in the moment the goal seems to be shit education for all…

Totally bonkers comment. Smaller class sizes, less disruption, more freedom for teachers in terms of syllabus/teaching styles - particularly compared to Academies. The school I teach in has low staff turnover and excellently qualified staff in all subjects including shortage ones like Maths and Physics. If you don’t have a degree in it you wouldn’t get a job teaching it. Masses of extra curricular and amazing results.

🤣 Yeah, of course - I mean, who wouldn’t pay tens of thousands of pounds every year just to get an ego boost? It’s not like the standard of education is generally better, the classes are smaller, provides far more opportunities, and the kids tend to be far better behaved.

I tend to agree. Especially where I am where local schools get very similar results to grammars and private schools (3% difference in A level results). I understand there are areas that aren’t great for senior schools but where I am it’s either because you have SEN kids and private schools can better cater to needs, the council has sent your kid to throb local private or because parents believe it is better.

Ive been to both and no it is.

My daughter was awarded a bursary for a private school . I am working class and worked hard to pay the balance of the fees. I sometimes felt awkward saying she was a pupil there The small classes and confidence building definitely helped to turn out a confident capable young woman .

Yes, my ego loves the monthly bill from my bank account 🙄

What a stupid comment.

Most private schools aren’t famous names so there’s no boost saying that my children goes to X school if it’s not super well known like Westminster.

The secondary schools around here are all a mess for one reason and another, if I had the money I would have sent them to private schools for their own good.

Tell me you have non-SENDs kids without telling me you have non-SENDs kids….

I'm sorry but this is so stupid it's laughable 😆

(And my child doesn't go to private school)

Oh good, just what we all need. Another thread about private schools to add to the billion or so already here.