Nulab have done their level best to destroy the State education system, but they're still not happy because some State schools are still pretty desirable.
This all reminds me of the last stanza of "The Trees" by Rush*:
"Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw"
* From the 1978 album "Hemispheres"
Thursday, 17 January 2008
"Schools breaking admission laws"
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And the changes to charity law mean they are still determined to screw private schools too. After all, we will only be truly submissive to the state when we have been de-educated or never educated at all!
As a simplification campaigner, I don't like those charitable breaks at all.
They are only worth a couple of hundred pounds per pupil per year on average and are regressive (the big rich schools benefit much more than the small ones) and I'd be more than happy to scrap the charitable tax breaks entirely when we move to full education vouchers of £5,000-plus per pupil per year (as recommended by me, UKIP, the Tories when they still had balls and anybody else who cares).
Someone (hat-tip: some other blog, recently) has pointed out that some schools might be better off if they refrain from claiming charitable status and thus avoid the costs that are clearly going to come with it. I wonder how long it will take the Charities Commission to start harassing the Oxbridge colleges? Admitting one of the Blair sons probably doesn't buy protection any more.
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