Minister Faces Fury at Private School Choice ; Senior Cabinet Figure Shuns State for Pounds 15,000a-Year Prep School
Mail on Sunday › January 07, 2007
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MINISTER FACES FURYAT PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE A CABINET Minister's child has been taken out of the state education system and placed in a Pounds 15,000a-year private school.
The Minister, who has been closely involved in Tony Blair's education policy, enrolled the child at a preparatory school which grooms children with learning difficulties for entry to elite public schools such as Harrow and Winchester.See the full content of this document
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Minister Faces Fury at Private School Choice ; Senior Cabinet Figure Shuns State for Pounds 15,000a-Year Prep School
The politician claims the move is necessary because there is insufficient state provision to educate the child in their area something which the local council denies.
But critics said the move was an indictment of the standard of state education under Labour, and an insult to ordinary parents who could not afford to buy their...See the full content of this document
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