How many of you go to private/grammar schools?

I have been privately educated for sixth form and nursery - primary and secondary were state. My average class size is 6 people with a maximum of 9 per class. If the class is oversubscribed, more classes get made but it never exceeds 9 per class.

Class sizes at the moment:

Philosophy - 4
English Literature - 3
History - 3

I went to a comprehensive school for my GCSEs and it was put into Special Measures by OFSTED while I was in year 11, so it was pretty much as far from a private school as is possible! Some people didn't get the grades they wanted, but there were a lot of people who got all A*s and As - the best in the year was 9A*s and 2As. So as far as results go, there's no reason why someone from a public school couldn't get into an Oxbridge university but I think it's the skills like interview technique and writing a personal statement that you don't really get taught if you're not at a private school, that make a public school application less likely to be successful. Also if you are from a poorer background so can't afford to go on a trip that would look great on a CV, or don't have time to study as hard because you have to work after school then it will make getting into a competitive university more difficult.

State comp with 100 students in my year. Shocked at OP's 500-person year!

Wow that's ridiculous. At my prep school we had 26 people in the year group, (12 in my class and 14 in the other). Now at A-levels my biggest class is 14 and my smallest is only 3.

I go to a state school and the GCSE results were amazing. It had a 95% A*-C pass rate with 7 people out of the 100 in the year getting 13A*'s. About 30 more got 8A*'s and above and most got 3A*'s+.

I have been privately educated for sixth form and nursery - primary and secondary were state. My average class size is 6 people with a maximum of 9 per class. If the class is oversubscribed, more classes get made but it never exceeds 9 per class.

Class sizes at the moment:

Philosophy - 4
English Literature - 3
History - 3

Good luck but don't rely on your teachers. Comprehensive schools seem to lack care. My german teacher joined the army 6 months before the exams. (Leaving behind oddly scattered coursework), my science teacher had a break down and spent the whole time calling us all bellends, my RE teacher got to the point in june where she was marking other school's papers and realsied she taught us how to do it wrong. And my personal favourite, my art teacher wouldnt tell me what i needed to do to improve (A to an A*) because she only got a B and it did her just fine! (They later lost all my year ten work). I mean it's all a bit of a farce.

I went to a state primary school but a private secondary school and I achieved 10 A*s and 1 A at GCSE.

My secondary school was tiny (58 in the year I think) with small classes too. However, as it was not a very selective school, many people in my year were not as capable as would be expected of a "private school kid"- their parents could just afford to pay the fees and the school wanted their money. Having said that, I think many did benefit from the small classes and large attention received from teachers/ mentors which would definitely help with grades.

However I think it is important to keep in mind that the grades on TSR are not all representative of the country as people who do not care about grades/schooling etc are unlikely to sign up to a website all about education.

I went to a ****ty comprehensive in Lewisham (borderline-impoverished area). Results in my 'about me' section. My results are sub-par compared to this forum, but I'm sure if I had a better education in a grammar/private school I'd be much better off. Unfortunately, I wasn't admitted to my local grammar school because of my low 11+ scores (joke of a system, IMO), and my parents aren't wealthy enough to send me to a private school, so the comp. school had to do.

Grammar school with about 1,000 students. I honestly hated the enormous pressure from years 7-11 to get the GCSE grades, but the Sixth Form is a lot more relaxed, thankfully.

Hoping for this haha but im moving from 2,500 students to 1,000! That's my idea of small....

Oh dear lord O_O I hope you did well despite all of this!

I go to a comprehensive school. It's really nice and I'm really glad I don't go to a grammar/private school. Some of my best friends wouldn't be accepted in to those. I'm just thankful I don't go to one. Idk why but private/grammar schools scare me because I feel that there is so much competition and more pressure. I like how relaxed yet dedicated my school is yet it's a state school.

2,500, wow! I guess it depends how big the school is, though. My school added in a new form so every year there are more and more students so we can't have full school assemblies anymore.

Also, the Sixth Form common room is so small it can't even fit one year in it. My friend group spent most of year 12 sitting under a staircase... :P