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@Dansalam101 They might have come from Eastern Europe but there are Romani Gypsies, not native to those countries

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@jviddy You need a majority of parents to care and be engaged in order for the school to become outstanding, a few supportive parents can’t do it. In private schools majority of parents have high expectations and aspirations for their children and they support them.

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@jviddy in our local one many parents had no engagement,majority of them spoke no or little English,children had no hygiene habits,my child refused to go to the toilet,my child was average,so in year 2 was left out as the rest were way below and needed a push for sats

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@jviddy There’s lots of outstanding state schools but majority can’t afford to buy a house in the catchment area.They’re outstanding because of parents who support their children and push them to achieve.Parents’ engagement improves quality. Any parent can do that.

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@AndrewHWestern Why did we send our child to a private school?Because our local school got Ofsted rating ‘requires improvement’.Not everyone can move to an affluent area where the house prices start at half a million.We live in a deprived area,we’re definitely not privileged

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@ShakinthatChalk No, not all private schools have swimming pools but the children swim at clubs the parents are taking them to several days a week. You can do that as well.

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@Stoorie2 I had worked in one since 2016, a small one that was doing great before Covid, but the damage lockdowns caused was irreparable, we lost more than a hundred students over the Covid years and post Covid, and due to VAT new children are not joining anymore.

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@Stoorie2 Yes, mainly because of Covid and lockdowns, parents not being able to pay, especially those with small businesses that suffered the most. Many schools hadn’t recovered financially before the VAT hit.

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@Gerry171561 Private schools have always paid VAT. This is an additional tax on parents who already pay higher taxes and who pay for a place in a state school they don’t use. So who’s avoiding taxes?

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@Lifeloveandthe1 @DrNShastriHurst @RuckleighSchool Don’t forget Covid and lockdowns.Many smaller private schools have never fully recovered financially,the numbers consistently dropping since then as many businesses struggled or closed down during lockdowns and parents couldn’t afford private schools anymore.

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@narindertweets @TiceRichard Many are not a business. They’re legally not allowed to make profits like commercial companies do and they have always paid tax.This is extra tax on parents, who already pay taxes and for a place in a state school they don’t use.Stop spreading misinformation.

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@labourtandt Private schools have always paid VAT. This is extra tax for parents who already pay high taxes and who pay for place in a state school they don’t use.

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@TomLondon6 How much tax do you pay?

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@parlyparty Well,we’re paying 45% tax, working 15 hours a day, if greens win one day and try to ‘rip us off’ even more,we’ll be off. Hope your son and his friends are ready to work their socks off and pay taxes and benefits for the lazy ones. Good luck!

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@Gracefieldlatoy @anishmoonka Being in a movie,West End,Lord of the Flies is a pretty huge success for a https://t.co/KeM6Fg00i1’s extremely hard to get a single credit,thousands of children never book anything.Don’t know of any child who booked a lead role from the open casting call, all agency represented

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@boltonlish @KTHopkins Not always that easy, my daughter has sent hundreds of applications during her 2.5 years at Uni and not a single job. Depends on the area.

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@anon_opin lots of rich children in state schools, many are richer than the ones from private.Their schools are outstanding and houses in those area are too expensive,they’re pricing poorer children out, so yes, they make schools better,but for themselves,not everyone.

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@J83332James Private schools are not a business! They can’t legally operate for profit like normal businesses do. This is a tax paid by parents, not schools. Parents, who have already paid their high income tax and for a place in a state school.

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@saffy123uk @SafferTheGaffer Thanks! ☺️

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@SafferTheGaffer Thank you!