I find the sentiment behind these kinds of comments absolutely baffling. In my experience private schooling is so vastly better than public I can’t conceive of how you’d choose the latter for any reason other than expense or ideology.

People that come out of schools are different though.

I could send my daughter to private school, but would prefer for her to be a part of the rest of society.

Inequality becomes embedded when we separate ourselves from each other, and money is one way people are enabled to.

In the UK, none of the people in charge have actually used the systems they are in charge of and schooling is just one small part.

If you travel on our rail system for longer distances you'll notice that half the train is virtually empty and reserved for 1st class tickets.

If you usually travel in the rest of the train and get one of those tickets it's amazing how isolated from the general problems caused by this system you are.

Yes - the private school system has advantages; they actually aren't in the level of education, but in the connections that people make along the way, in a way it's a very small taste of how corrupt the system is.

There are of course disadvantages to "private schools" (called public schools in the UK for historical reasons), there is a real hierarchy and bullying based on how rich you are, it all enforces the class system that we have.

Lord of the flies was not a commentary on what happens when children are left on an island, but directly on what happens when pupils of that private educations system "public schools" of the UK, are left on an island.

Right now we have a government that is full of exactly that type of person - it's worked out very badly, why on earth would we want more of that sort of thing ?

What sentiment are you talking about? Did I communicate my choice one way or another in my question?

I actually think in general private schools are better too. I have a child and I will not be sending them to public school and am considering the other options including private school, homeschool and unschooling.

And even then, I make room for others to have different opinions on this. And I'm open to my opinion being changed as well.

I asked the OP the question because I'm interested in the reasons why they think it is better. They seem to have a lot of expertise or at least experience in this domain so I thought their answer would be educational and inform my search for alternatives.

You're reading so much into a simple question that does not connote any sentiment or opinion about one way or the other. But go ahead and continue being absolutely baffled by the conclusions you leap to.

Maybe your own experience isn't enough to judge, then. In my own experience, mostly only fringe religious people go to private schools for example, but where I live today private schools are much more common (although just about equivalent to public ones).

Because many private schools cater to the intellectually weak and spoiled. Why work hard when you know your grade is paid for and the teacher will never fail you? Just write your name in cursive three times for extra credit to get that A+, Timmy!

Depending on the school, the smaller settings, the different and wider range of activities and support available. I'm particularly attracted to the Montessori way.