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Great Britain has very diversified and complex school system, which has been undergoing frequent changes and reforms. However, there are still many controversies concerning the structure of the education system, one of them being organization and availability of independent schools. There are 2,400 schools in the UK which are not subject to local or central government control. They are sometimes called fee-paying (or, more accurately, fee-charging) schools because they charge parents fees and receive no state …

…over a decade, independent schools secure stability, so much appreciated by Englishmen. However, it has to be stressed that public schools, in spite of the recent efforts, sustain inequality. The prestige inevitably associated with independent schools is a reality. They do provide their students with better perspectives for the future. And they are still not so egalitarian as their Headmasters would like to see them, or maybe as they would like us to see them.