Mr Thomas warned that prep schools are in danger of becoming “glorified sausage factories, churning children through high stakes exams, completely at odds with the growing national debate about the value of examinations and the call from employers to do far more to nurture in our young the skills of communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking”. “‘I pay therefore I expect’ has fast become a mantra that is hard for any but the most confident (and secure) of schools to dare to contradict.” He continued: “Parents choosing private schools now are highly educated, highly discerning and very often buying into such an expensive product for a very specific purpose: the educational advancement of their child and a firm foot in the door for the next stage of their education. He said that private schools “are already almost entirely reliant on the nation’s top one per cent of earners”. The days of the laid-back, hands-off middle-class parent, if they ever existed, are long gone.” Mr Thomas said: “With school fees in England up by nearly 100 per cent since 2003, parents’ expectations are, not unreasonably, sky high.
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