OK, I've been drawn back (temporarily cos I'm in the garden...)
As it happens DS2 is going to Oaklands, and the OPs assumptions are basically wrong.
(I suspect DS2 will be in the same class.)
Jade is not going to Oalkands, her kid is, so why should I care ? She's a Chav, big deal.
I'm an oik from a council estate, both DW and I went to state schools, and contrary to what you read in the Sun we drive a 2 wheel drive Renault, chosen because it came top of every safety list.
Given her job, I would suspect that I'm more likely to see her on the TV than at the school gate, she'll have a flunky drop him off.
I come from a council estate, and have no issue with others who made it out.
I can't see how I can honestly criticise someone for making the same choices I have. She's doing the best for her kid, which sadly is not always the case with some parents I see.
Of course we've seen snobbery on this thread from those who wonder how Essex can have a "posh" school. It has relatively few, but area has some very good academic schools.
Oaklands was our first choice for DS, and to be honest it was not the poshest option.
From my other posts you will notice we're quite hardcore about educational values, and Oaklands came top. That's not trivial and nothing to do with poshness.
Ms Goode has got shot at for not going to the "local" school. That reflect the West London bias of most media types than reliaty.
Loughton is the edge of the London conurbation, and for quite some distance, it's mostly trees, farmland, etc. Not many schools. Ongar is a small place, so small that it's train station was shut down.
By the standards of private schools, it ain't that expensive. Journalists typically earn quite pitiful salaries. Many people whose words you read in the national press would be better off stacking shelves. Never take their views on any aspect of money seriously.
Jade makes her living in a way I would never consider, but that's because I have better options, and from what I know of her, she doesn't.