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WE DON'T NEED NO PRIVATE EDUCATION
Phil Beadle, a recent Teacher of the Year and star of Channel 4's The Unteachables, takes on the elitist private school system.
Friday 24th March 7.35pm
Monday 27th March 4.40am
Phil Beadle, a recent Teacher of the Year and star of Channel 4's The Unteachables, takes on the elitist private school system.
Friday 24th March 7.35pm
Monday 27th March 4.40am
Beadle shows that a quarter of a million pounds in school fees does not necessarily buy your child a better education or a better degree, or increase their earning potential.
A champion of the comprehensive system, Phil questions why state schools get nothing but bad press and asks if private education is really worth it. Private schools use the market as their biggest defence but as Phil finds out, the market (i.e. parents) may be turning against them.
The proportion of children attending private schools has stagnated for decades and with universities not only showing obvious preferences for state school applicants, but also soon to charge massive fees themselves, parents may soon decide that private schools are no longer worth the financial burden, forcing some of them to close.
A champion of the comprehensive system, Phil questions why state schools get nothing but bad press and asks if private education is really worth it. Private schools use the market as their biggest defence but as Phil finds out, the market (i.e. parents) may be turning against them.
The proportion of children attending private schools has stagnated for decades and with universities not only showing obvious preferences for state school applicants, but also soon to charge massive fees themselves, parents may soon decide that private schools are no longer worth the financial burden, forcing some of them to close.
