Royal Children - Time for State school?

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Should the Royal Family children be educated in state schools? Why do they get to attend private schools on taxpayers money? Is this something the Labour government could push for?

I think they could easily choose a school where that wouldn't happen.

why would you get better security at private school? Surely it’s just dependent on the measures put in place.

or are you suggesting non-private school families are more ‘dodgy’

ditto pupils. Suggesting rich people are better behaved/ nicer/ have more decorum?

No point them even going to school tbh

Why would security be an issue, I'm sure that can be accommodated. Don't think it's strong enough a reason.

Yea, I heard the Dutch Royal family's 3 daughters went to the local primary and high school - on their bikes!

Of course there was security at the highest level.

Public school - school open to anyone who can pass the exams and pay the fees or earn a scholarship (originally a school which did not only take local boys) e.g. Eton, Uppingham, Harrow, Oundle, Winchester etc.
Private school - school open to anyone who can pay the fees and pass Common Entrance but tending to take its pupils from the local area, not from anywhere in the country.
Maintained school - school run by the state which anyone in the catchment area can attend (some require an entrance exam e.g. the 164 grammar schools still in existence). Includes 'Academies' and 'Free schools', e.g. Michaela Community School, in London.
Currently, George and Charlotte attend a private school in Windsor.

Private schools probably have other high net worth pupils with bodyguards.

I think they could easily choose a school where that wouldn't happen.

Literallyonfire how on earth could they guarantee it would happen?

Other similar status children will be at these schools, so not so much of a novelty that George is heir to the throne, when your the son of a prime minister, top banker, gentry etc

We are a democracy (specific type: parliamentary). We have a hereditary head of state. Much cheaper than electing one, and he/she eschews politics as well. We tried a republic and didn't like it.

You weren't paying attention in history lessons, were you?

God no. Why would you want state school kids to have to put up with all the unwanted attention it would bring.

Wealthy families don't tend to spill their arguments over to public facebook pages 👀. Plus you get all the stupid parents posting the nativity on their Facebook pages despite being clearly told not to.

Yeah we know the poors behave terribly unlike the wealthy.
FFS this is fucking obnoxious.

Do you both mean a republic? we already are a democracy we vote for a government. Look at how that is working for the US.

Are you seriously asking that question?

Because they tend to be smaller, often with walls around, and with fewer people coming in and out for various purposes. In a state school, you are dealing with constant visits from current parents, prospective parents, school inspectors, people applying for jobs and doing trial lessons, people from other schools coming to compare practice, governors, visiting experts and therapists, music teachers, people coming to annual review and other meetings, local councillors, visiting speakers, etc etc. Certainly some of that happens in private schools, but at much lower volumes and in a way which is much easier to monitor and control. The amount of coming and going is also limited even further for children in boarding schools.

Oh I know. Some of the past Dukes have been very wily/dodgy about how they’ve managed to hang on to as much of their money as possible. But they’ve also made some good/lucky business decisions.

But my point was more a general one about people complaining about some people’s inherited wealth vs those whose ancestors have made money in more respected ways by the fruits of their own labour.

A lot of big inheritances come with a dodgy or less ethical past - including exploitation of employees by those who built an empire by the sweat of their own work.

All inheritances are ‘unearned’ from the smallest estate to the largest.

It's hardly something a government can decide. Overrule parents you're suggesting?

The main reason not to is security.

Yeah of course that would be a good idea.

Give over.

If you are the kid of the Headteacher you get grief 24/7.

How on earth would a school manage royalty.

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It's about the size of the school not the behaviour of pupils. And many of them board which controls coming and going more than a day school.

I’d be more interested in the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Education Secretary being required to send their kids to state schools.

They are the ones controlling the policies which affect state schools.

May I suggest that you actually try attending a state school before you suggest inflicting it on anyone else?

Completely with you there.

polite I live somewhere shit and watch the fall out and know who to avoid. The local drug dealers family are not 'salt of the earth', they're anti-social idiots. Maybe you've been privileged enought to not have to put up with people like that.

Except Finland does have private schools.

They are not allowed to make a profit on the core education bit... but can on all the extra curriculars.

No idea where this myth of no private schools in Finland comes from.