Teachers - is it preferable to teach in private schools?

[Horseradishes]

I have some teacher friends who teach in private schools and love it, sing the praises of the schools etc. I know it's impossible to generalise, but do private school teachers get better pay/conditions etc? I'm talking about selective primary schools, so possibly the children are all motivated by keen parents.

I think private schools are less constrained by curriculum and have smaller classes, so I'd imagine could be less challenging to teach teach but I'm not sure. I get the impression state teachers are dissatisfied (strikes) but what about private?

That's one unfortunate example out of many. Please don't feel sad when you visit special schools per se.

The problem is I could give other examples ... My personal experience and why they make me sad

Fair enough. All we can go on is our own experience. That's why seeing children with SEN not being understood/ catered for in MS makes me sad. And it is rife.
Just as there are good/bad private/state schools, so there are good/bad special schools (MS and independent).

As the mother of a son with SEN I agree that many schools fail these children and of course some children have needs that are beyond mainstream provision