Which public school should I send my child to?

[Fungus]

There has to be a reason why there's a disproportionate number of public school graduates in our universities esp. the better ones. Imperial College has about 50% public school entry and I think that Oxbridge is more than 50%.

But from what I've heard, many private schools are tulipe.

It's odd but most, though by no means all, public school types I've met have been incredibly arrogant and unpleasant. I'm sat by one and he gives me the creeps. Still, they do very well in terms of the generally accepted measures of success.

[OrangeHopper]

I went to Eton College.

Primary School that is.

Look where it got me.

[Alf W]

Still, they do very well in terms of the generally accepted measures of success.

What are they then?

[Lucifer Box]

Best bet is to move somewhere where there are still some grammar schools. Top flight education without mega fees.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Ghana and India have become destinations of choice for parents who cannot afford the fees here. You get a top flight and academically rigourous education for affordable bucks and the little darlings out from under your feet for 30 weeks of the year.

[wendigo100]

Best bet is to move somewhere where there are still some grammar schools. Top flight education without mega fees.

Agreed Lucifer, but you need money for that too. There's a premium on house prices in grammar school areas.

We get a lot of people with young kids moving into my grammar-friendly-Bucks village, some from only a few hundred yards away in the next village, which is over the border in grammar-no-go South Bedfordshire. My last three next door neighbours did that. The first two cashed in and moved back to Bedfordshire once their kids finished at school.

[Francko]

Best bet is to move somewhere where there are still some grammar schools. Top flight education without mega fees.

[..]

English grammar? Is that supposed to be complicated?

Oh, dear. I have had ... I had been I have been... it's like sending someone who wants to be a programmer to a visual basic course. I think it's wasted time. It's useless in the real world as nobody really knows it or uses it. Better to send them to other language courses or teach them piano or anything else. If you plan to build skills by studying english grammar, then you are on the wrong path in my opinion.

[Lucifer Box]

English grammar? Is that supposed to be complicated?

Oh, dear. I have had ... I had been I have been... it's like sending someone who wants to be a programmer to a visual basic course. I think it's wasted time. It's useless in the real world as nobody really knows it or uses it. Better to send them to other language courses or teach them piano or anything else. If you plan to build skills by studying english grammar, then you are on the wrong path in my opinion.

Franco, repeat after me: amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant.

What is meant by a grammar school in the UK is one that selects its pupils by academic ability. It has nothing to do with "grammar" I'm afraid. Bloody English, eh?

[Lucifer Box]

Agreed Lucifer, but you need money for that too. There's a premium on house prices in grammar school areas.

Depends on where you go. For example, contrary to what you might expect, Birmingham is a grammar school area (although competition for the schools is fierce as there are only 6 [free] ones covering the city).

[Board Game Geek]

The upside of a grammar school in Brum is the education.
The downside is the accent.

[Lucifer Box]

The upside of a grammar school in Brum is the education.
The downside is the accent.

Everything is relative, BGG (much to Chico's annoyance)...

The Birmingham accent is far from its traditional image of "ugly" and "inferior" and is, in fact, regarded as "lilting and melodious" by overseas visitors, academics have discovered.

Brummie is beautiful