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Private schools planning on setting up a university?

Posted on 8th February 2010

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A number of the countrys independent schools are considering setting up an elite university, it has been reported.

The Sunday Times revealed that the establishment will be aimed at students who are frustrated by the quality of education offered by other institutions.

Fees for attending the university would be around £10,000 a year, under plans currently being considered by the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference.

The paper suggested that private school pupils who are worried about more establishments being encouraged to increase their intake of state school students.

Bernard Trafford, headmaster of the Royal grammar school, revealed: "I can see an awful lot of independent school pupils would see this as an attractive alternative.

"It would be all about dependable quality and high accountability to the people paying the fees."

There are currently 514,531 children in Independent Schools Council establishments in the UK and Republic of Ireland. ADNFCR-921-ID-19603554-ADNFCR