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This 10 page paper examines the advantages and disadvantages associated with independent education in the United Kingdom. The paper compares and contrasts independent education provided by private schools in the United Kingdom and discusses issues such as greater access to resources, lower administrative burdens and freedom from the national curriculum. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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that in a country with a comprehensive system educations provided by state schools that there is not need for private schools or an independent education. However this is the case,
despite the state system there is a thriving private sector providing independent education. These independent schools are free from much of the government controls and restraints and have a great
level of autonomy regarding practical, policy and educational issues. When looking at independent education in the UK, which accounts for the education of about 7% of all pupils in the
UK (ISC, 2008), there are both advantages and disadvantages associated with this sector. A common concern of many parents when looking at schools is the issue of resources; more resources
offer a greater level of potential for providing for students in terms of lessons and school activities. It is often argued that independent school will have a greater level of
resources that their equivalent schools (Graddy and Stevens, 2005; Hanushek, 1992). This does appear to be borne out by the statistics, with the average level of fees for an independent
secondary school in the financial year 1993/4 being ?5,004 (day pupil not boarding pupil), by comparison the total spending per secondary school student in the state school system was ?2,320
(Graddy and Stevens, 2005). This is a far higher level of expenditure that is available per student which is highly likely to lead to a greater level of resources available
for use to benefit students. One way that this manifests is in the student to pupil ratios in the schools which are significantly lower in independent schools and unlike
the state schools the ratio is falling rather than increasing. The pattern between 1988 and 200 is shown below in table 1 Table 1 Pupil Ratios is State and Independent
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