1) it's not a tax break
2) it's a tax on parents not schools
3) it won't raise money for state schools- it will end up costing money
4) it won't recruit 6500 teachers
5) it is being applied mid-year - astonishingly vindictive and disruptive for thousands of pupils
6) it is only being applied to independent schools and not other private fee-paying institutions like nurseries or universities - because this is juvenile class war politics
7) it disproportionately hits smaller, cheaper provincial independent schools, and especially faith-based schools
8) they know all this and still continue with these lines - make of that what you will