"Do parents want to go private?"

"The latest Ipsos Mori poll for the Independent Schools Council* shows that 57% of parents would leave the state system if they could afford to do so. That is the highest figure since these polls began in 1997 [51%]".

Vindico, quite rightly, takes the opportunity to call for vouchers, as do I, and most people with more than one brain cell.

To be fair to the BBC, though, they did end the article with this ..."Meanwhile, this is probably best news for those running the "no-frills" chains of independent schools and for advocates of Swedish-style voucher schemes offering subsidised places in the private sector".

* So the results probably overstate enthusiasm for private education, but so what?