*rolls eyes* Obviously, we're all figments of our own imagination.
Basically I do feel that the "top" state schools are in many ways much closer to public schools in character than they are to your bog standard comprehensive. And that the interesting distinction for me is between schools with a "tradition" of sending pupils to Oxbridge and other schools. It is much harder to draw a simple line between them though, so I guess your categories will have to do.
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Date: 2004-01-23 11:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-01-24 04:59 am (UTC)Basically I do feel that the "top" state schools are in many ways much closer to public schools in character than they are to your bog standard comprehensive. And that the interesting distinction for me is between schools with a "tradition" of sending pupils to Oxbridge and other schools. It is much harder to draw a simple line between them though, so I guess your categories will have to do.