But it is the educational advantage, that's the point. I'm from a state school, but I don't spend sleepless nights thinking about private school kids, and the fact that they get taught by better teachers! I'll send my children to a private school, if I can afford it, because I want them to get a better education and do the best in life, not because I'm snobby, and feel I'm superior. Granted a few privately educated (or publicly depending on how you look at it) kids are snobbish, but a majority aren't. It's not that they're actually snobby at all, it's more the fact that state school kids stereotype them as snobby. I think people should just chill out a bit over the whole state/private divide. And anyway, there are a lot of good state schools competing at the same levels as private, just not a majority.