Impossible to answer, as no experience with UK educational system. Myself, I got an excellent public school education, at top rated school in PA, USA. Saying that, shortly after I left, 1973, they turned it into a 'district school', merger with 2 other towns, as a 3rd was already using our high school. The new school merging, not to sound racist (yea, lead with that and try not to be) ... but ... yea, they couldn't meet the curiculum, and large majority were failing. So what to do ... more teacher, some extra classes, tutoring .... NO ... lower the point grade average so they could pass. Within 2 years, it was the 2nd worse school in the 'state. To counter that, those that had kids, private was available. I help raise 2 kids, with one of my live together relationships. Her son got in a fight, well train, and took 3 of 5 kids that attacked him down. He got suspended, the other kids didn't. He supposedly started it, right. He's good, but not dumb enough to start a fight with 5 'bros', yea, that thing again. They wanted his 'Raiders' at, and he wasn't intimidate. I told the 'disciplinarian', to F'off, who I knew 15 ish yrs prior as a teach there, when I was a student there. I want a transcript of their grades, him & sister, and they were register in Catholic school the next day. There are excellent school districts, but you have to live in them. High houseing or rent & taxes, not that my school distict was low taxes, as one of the highest school tax in the state. You just didn't get what you paid for.
