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| David Cameron 'considering private school' for son despite pledge of support for state sector | David Cameron 'considering private school' for son despite pledge of support for state sector |
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| David Cameron is considering sending his son to a £18,000-a-year all-boys school, according to reports. | David Cameron is considering sending his son to a £18,000-a-year all-boys school, according to reports. |
| The Mail on Sunday said the prime minister and his wife Samantha had discussed registering Elwen, nine, at Colet Court preparatory school. | The Mail on Sunday said the prime minister and his wife Samantha had discussed registering Elwen, nine, at Colet Court preparatory school. |
| The school, in Barnes, south-west London, is a feeder for St Paul’s schoolThe chancellor, George Osborne, was a pupil at both schools. | |
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| St Pauls describes itself on its website as “an independent school offering an outstanding, all-round education for gifted boys aged seven to 18 years”. Colet Court, which describes itself as “nurturing bright boys aged 7-13 years”, costs £6,000 per term and charges fees for registering and entrance exams. | |
| As opposition leader in 2009, Cameron said he “would like [his] children to go through the state sector”. | |
| “I think it’s crazy that we should pay lots of money for private schools. We all pay our taxes. You should have really good state schools available for all,” he said. | “I think it’s crazy that we should pay lots of money for private schools. We all pay our taxes. You should have really good state schools available for all,” he said. |
| He spoke last year of his relief after his daughter Nancy, 12, secured a place at a top state school near Downing Street. | He spoke last year of his relief after his daughter Nancy, 12, secured a place at a top state school near Downing Street. |
| He said the news that she had been accepted at the Grey Coat Hospital school, in Westminster, which was founded in 1698 and is now a Church of England academy, was “a weight off everybody’s mind”. | He said the news that she had been accepted at the Grey Coat Hospital school, in Westminster, which was founded in 1698 and is now a Church of England academy, was “a weight off everybody’s mind”. |
| Downing Street declined to comment on the report. | Downing Street declined to comment on the report. |