There are a couple of children in our lovely primary school who are going to private schools next year for Y5. While this is obviously a personal choice that I don't wish to judge, their parents happen to be prominent members of the parents association, one of them is the Head...they will still have younger children in the school and will probably continue to run all the charity events. The school has a lovely social mix and children generally progress very well. I can't help being irritated and finding it very smug, as they are pulling out kids who are doing very well there, just because they can afford it. It is their right, of course, but is it compatible with their prominent role in the school?