to suggest that every single parent with a child at private school apply for a state school place asap?

[sarjd]

let's see how that works.

Progressive taxation involves taxes increasing as income increases.

So taxing private school fees can absolutely be viewed as a progressive policy, since it's a progressive tax.

They should just ban private schools if they’re that awful and unfair to society.

Great idea. I would vote for that too.

Still not a good enough reason not to do it.

Why don’t you all get together and set up a large state boarding school to be opened in September and then you can all send your DCs there? Get one of the rich parents to donate the site and get going etc.

Loads of empty places in schools in our deprived London Borough, mainly because the upwardly mobile incomers send DC private. They'll be grand.

Not enough that you want to buy privilege for your little precious darlings but you think you’re doing the state school riff raff a favour too… The sheer fucking entitlement and lack of self awareness in these private school
numpty threads is jaw dropping.

Kinda fascinating but also really depressing on this particular health matter, though. But given the industries involved it's also not remotely surprising & they've got form over many decades.

But places like this (reddit & twitter too) are ideal for priming & then data mining.

Great idea! There are many, many schools with spaces and funding is allocated to the school per pupil.

Fill those spaces up = more funding!

Win win.

Stereotype alert!🚨

Pupils are likely to be better behaved and well motivated with engaged and encouraging parents - this can only help the school improve.

In fact does one of the Scandi nations not ban private schools as this means parents are then motivated to demand better for their children?

I think you are onto a winner OP! Best of luck.

I think that if you can't afford to pay the increased costs then yes you should definitely apply as you may have to get on a waiting list. However most of these parents won't because they have no intention of moving their kids into the state system. If you are suggesting paying for a place that you don't want to try and make some point then no that would be stupid and akin to me turning up in A and E pretending to be ill. Seriously get a grip!

Yes. Why don't all the parents who can afford independent education leave and go to state schools.

Then you can help those of us who relied on state education to rally for it to be better.

You can point out that not everyone can afford it "if they just work harder".

I would bet that if private school parents had to rely on what the state has (n't) provided the past 14 years they'd soon have something more to say on the subject.

Unleas your child has substantial special needs, in which case they'll find every reason under the sun not to.

I agree it’s really shocking and really really makes me 😡. The entitlement .
I hope with a new fairer govt society changes and these attitudes are even more minority. Just appalling.

This is my view. There is no place for private education in a decent country

There's loads of spaces - just not at schools you will fancy.

Nobody gives a jot about private school children having to leave their school due to the politics of envy…so I don’t care about disrupting the state system. At least 100 of us at our private school are going to apply for places we don’t need and won’t take just to prove a point! There are no spaces in our county or the neighbouring one so it will cause chaos! And I hope everyone at private does it!

There are no school places in your county? Which county is this?

Throwing your toys out of your pram never did get anyone far @Mum1976Mum 🙄 Except now you should be old enough to know that really and maintain some dignity perhaps?

Nope! I’ve had enough of playing fair! If everyone is so gleeful about making life harder for me then I’ll happily make it harder for others!

But you’re disrupting the system for the students having to move into it from private, so clearly you don’t care about those students.

No point me caring about them if no one else does! Sometimes, as with the strikes, life has to be made harder for people to make a point. And education should never be taxed. Hopefully, there will be a legal challenge anyway which will stop it in its tracks.

What a lovely person you are.

and this is exactly why I would never send my dc private , even if I was rolling in it. I would hate for them to mix in such circles

You do realise how you sound here right?

Done and moved.

I'd rather get a bank loan to pay the vat than switch my DC to a state school.

I'm more intrigued to know which county has zero school places.