London CNN —Private schools in Britain may conjure up images of rolling lawns, pristine tennis courts, and dormitory rooms, serving as gilded hothouses of privilege.
Not every private school is “synonymous with privilege and great wealth,” argues Sue Hannam, headteacher at Lichfield Cathedral School, a private school in central England.
About 620,000 children are currently enrolled in private schools in Britain, equivalent to almost 6% of all school children, according to the Independent Schools Council.
Hodge at the Education Policy Institute noted that, accounting for inflation, private school fees had risen by as much as 25% since 2010.
Still, a demographic shift means state schools may “welcome” the influx, Sibieta wrote last year.
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