[andyjohnson0]

> Did you mean private schools? Public school education in the UK is quite problematic.

Ita confusing. In the uk, private schools are referred to as "public schools". The last person to know the reason for this died in 1764. Probably.

Schools that the actual public go to are called "state schools" because they're funded by the state (and not by daddy's estate).

[zimpenfish]

Back when I was a youngster, I was at a private school (council was paying for me) which was making a big deal about getting admitted to the Headmasters' Conference because that meant they could now refer to themselves as a public school.

(Although that school isn't currently in the HC, presumably because it was run by Christian Brothers and one of the teachers has since been imprisoned for inappropriate behaviour with children.)