Is Private school "generally" worth it?

i don't think that ofsted intends on inspecting my old school tbh (I said 2016 not 2017. So why did they not inspect in 2019 then pre-COVID?)

That's not FOUR years

2016 inspections were due in 2020 for good [not outstanding] schools -

Good schools are inspected EVERY three years - some Private schools have never been inspected!

Yes, but you obviously have a far better chance if you go to a private school. That fact is not one to be disputed, just look at the statistics. I go to a top performing private school and virtually everyone I know has offers from the top 5 best unis in the UK.

True but I don't think its about having better chances. Everyone who goes to a private school will care about their education and be expected to go to a top uni by their parents and those around them. State school people don't have the same motivation to go to a good uni but if they did I don't think the disparity would be that big.

Also grammar school vs private school students have similar chances imo. I go to a top grammar school and "virtually everyone I know has offers from the top 5 best unis in the UK." Apart from maybe Oxbridge, our chances of getting into a top uni wouldn't have changed if we went to private schools.

and yet so many people on facebook bragging "I went to a top uni even thought I went to a state school and my parents didn't shell out thousands..".

and yet so many people on facebook bragging "I went to a top uni even thought I went to a state school and my parents didn't shell out thousands..".

seems that private school education isn't all it's cracked up to be

Why would you say that? It helps get students into better unis which ultimately lands them better jobs in the future. If someone is willing and able to invest in their child's education why wouldn't they?

What she's leaving out, is that the kids at that school do so well at 16 it's virtually impossible to do any better so the progress scores look bad. Nobody outside of education echo chambers care, they have excellent outcomes.

The best private schools are worth every penny,obviously that includes Westminster ,Eton(well I would say that) and a few others..through gritted teeth I might even mention the dump on the hump.. ,Muttley did her normal dig at private schools, and somehow managed to get in a dig at Oxbridge as well,priceless.

The best private schools are worth every penny,obviously that includes Westminster ,Eton(well I would say that) and a few others..through gritted teeth I might even mention the dump on the hump.. ,Muttley did her normal dig at private schools, and somehow managed to get in a dig at Oxbridge as well,priceless.

Now if you ask someone if they know Westminster and they reply "below average progress" and that is the entirety of the reply, then you know they actually know nothing about the school but have managed to find a misleading and perfectly useless stat,so lets give a bit of context,lets look at the schools 2019 results,you remember real exams ..So we have 42% of the upper sixth getting Oxbridge places,mutters will love that ..the vast majority will have sat 4 A levels or pre Us. 76% of A levels were A* or A ,nearly 91% were A*-B, pre u results were similar,at GCSE 90% A* or 9/8,98.6% at 7 or above etc etc...but hey,lets not worry about any of that or the fact its got a good claim to be the most academic school in the whole of the UK,lets say "below average progress" ridiculous..

I think my parents would be happy paying 30 try nearer 45..,not sure what the cost of Uni has to do with it.