Royals should send their children to State schools

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And politicians too. Just that really. I have nothing against private schools, but I think that if you head or represent a State you should proudly use the education it provides. Unless you think it is not good enough and then you should do something about it.

I would worry about the risk of harm to other children attending a school with the child of a high profile person, from terrorism. Or general psychopaths.

Why the concern for state school peers and not private school peers 😂?

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I've never understood why people get on Abbott's case about this so much. It's a bit like saying "Diane Abbott campaigned for taxes to be made higher for the wealthy, but didn't give loads of her spare money to charity! Hypocrite!"

No, it’s not a “bit like saying” at all.

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you do understand that our taxes don’t go to charity, don’t you? 😂

The answer to that problem is to abolish the monarchy.

And to improve state education considerably.

And for people not to vote for blatant hypocrites.

Just decreeing that royals must use their local state school makes bugger all difference. It’s just performance to appease the masses.

Schools just reflect the huge economic/class disparities in society. Many of the best schools are state school - but overwhelmingly in expensive areas of course. If you want a more equal/meritocratic society you need to tackle the rots of the problem (income disparity/parents low aspirations/community breakdown/crime/ poverty) etc. Schools are just a symptom, and unless you also randomise where people live/buy houses, banning private schools wouldn’t fix the issue.

Nope. Their kids, their choice.

And the Royals have no control over the quality (or lack thereof) of state schools.

And you do know there are 'posh' state schools too?

And you don’t for fee paying children?!

How do you feel about them buying imported groceries and clothes and cars that are also made here?

I would not - so I do not expect them to

They do not have kids going to school with knives though and moist want to learn

I doubt many MPs without a private income can afford private schools.

I think they should pay MPs better to attract better more talented people from across all social classes to level up should be comparable to other top careers but that is another debate.

There should be no private schools.

Their parents are making the choice to expose their children to that.

If I were a fee paying parent, I’d choose to pay a school that didn’t expose my children to this stuff. And I could exercise my choice in the independent school marketplace.

Or I could use my local state school.

But as I can’t afford private school, I just have to use my local state school - the one we could get into from our address. The situation is entirely different.

What happens if the royal child joined after your child started?

Ie they enrolled their child before they knew a royal child would be joining

A lot of people I know have said if they had the money they would send their children to private school. Not every child at state school is their parents’ public statement of support for state schools against private.

I’m not sure you’ve understood how life works, OP.

How are you going to assess the cars as sufficiently British? Car manufacturing is a global industry.

Only if all state schools raised their game. Which they won’t.

The answer to that problem is to abolish the monarchy.
And to improve state education considerably.
And for people not to vote for blatant hypocrites.
Just decreeing that royals must use their local state school makes bugger all difference. It’s just performance to appease the masses.

agree with all this. Just to be clear, I went to school with some excessively rich kids, and some titled poshos. And - meh. Some were fine, some were awful.

But there is evidence, i think, that if sharp-elbowed, well-off middle-class parents send their children to state schools, they can do a lot of good. (I am not criticising them, but this is how they get things moving and get things done). So in that respect it could be good if some schools had some richer parents involved.

Frankly? Abolish the monarchy, get a better government, use taxes more efficiently. I'd be on board with all that.

I’d move my child. Seriously.

I agree.

It should be an ethical requirement that they use state schools and the NHS. With very few exceptions made.

I'm sure we'd see things improve if it was the case.

But that’s hypothetical.

My kids are and will continue to be state educated. Because that’s how life works.

But I wouldn’t want them to go to school with the royal family. Definitely not.

They’re usually a lot smaller so more manageable. My kids went to private and from the ages of 0-18 there were only about 350 pupils. That’s divided into three buildings: pre, prep and seniors (including 6th form). That’s a heck of a lot easier to manage than a one/two thousand pupil plus senior school in basically one building.