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Comment by bluefirebrand

4 hours ago

> As a European, I don’t know what a Public school means

It means "school paid for by taxes", which, as a European is probably the sort of school you attended

Private school is a school you have to pay to attend

In the UK it means a type of (established, large, non-profit) what Americans call a private school. We call the latter in general independent schools.

  • In the rest of the world "public school" vs "private school" is pretty clear, I think you guys in UK are the only one to call private schools "public school" and public schools "state school".