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| Poll shows private education preferred by more than half of parents A poll has found more than half of parents in Britain would educate their children privately if they could afford it. In the Mori poll two out of three people also say the state should pay for poorer youngsters to attend independent schools. The study concludes there is fresh support for a new version of the 'assisted places' scheme, in which public money subsidises private school places. The poll found 62% think it is a good use of taxpayers' money. It also showed that just over half of people believe standards at private schools are higher than those in the state sector. But while 53% would go private if they could, four out of 10 parents said they would stick with a state school even if they did have the cash for fees. Of those who would go private, 71% cited higher standards as the main reason, while a quarter of people said it was smaller classes. A fifth pointed to better discipline and just 17% said their children would get better results. In March, the ISC published proposals for a successor to the assisted places scheme, which was scrapped by the incoming Labour Government An ISC spokesman said: "The latest Mori figures make it clear there is widespread public support." 25th October 2001 |
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