Schools in singapore based on british system

[Dr. Phil]

Dearie me. Dr P has come right out with it, goose-stepping all over the place, while we Brits would pussyfoot around, quoting Basil.

It is obvious that the poor teutonic chap does not know about the excellent public/independent schools we have in the UK, hence the diatribe from the good doctor.

State schools are a mishmash. Some good, some bad, some just appalling. However, most privately funded education is excellent, with the exception, by and large, of the "progressives", and those of us who know about these things know exactly which schools those are.

This question cannot be dealt with as a general topic. PP should be specific. Are you referring to the UK system schools here and how your children will slot back into a private or state school in the UK? They are two completely different animals.

Your views on English schools are consistent with mine? 
Perhaps I write too fast or should use words of a single syllable or perhaps a series of nasal grunts like those many charming English dialects? 
And don't mention the War! 

[High K Factor]

No. You were tarring all British schools with the same brush. AND you missed my reference, only to spout the dreaded phrase yourself. Tut tut. Seig heil, or whatever rocks your jockstrap.

[Dr. Phil]

No. You were tarring all British schools with the same brush. AND you missed my reference, only to spout the dreaded phrase yourself. Tut tut. Seig heil, or whatever rocks your jockstrap.

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And thats what proponents of state schools have been doing to public schools in UK for an age.

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Yawn. What was your reference child? 

[hmmmphhh]

Actually When I was back home this summer, I was rather distressed to see that my friends son, who goes to a UK Off-stead outstanding school in the UK, seemed to be doing much more advanced and interesting things than mine in the same grade. Also to boot, his parents received more thorough feedback from the school (in terms of school report content) than my son is getting from what is supposed to be the best school here and costs us 26K a year!!!!

I'm stumped!

P.s. Plus my friend doesn't have to deal with the politics I have to deal with at my school from the other mums 

[Brit teacher..]

Actually When I was back home this summer, I was rather distressed to see that my friends son, who goes to a UK Off-stead outstanding school in the UK, seemed to be doing much more advanced and interesting things than mine in the same grade. Also to boot, his parents received more thorough feedback from the school (in terms of school report content) than my son is getting from what is supposed to be the best school here and costs us 26K a year!!!!

I'm stumped!

P.s. Plus my friend doesn't have to deal with the politics I have to deal with at my school from the other mums 

I'm a teacher here (British but working in an international school)  You'll find that British schools push the academics earlier than at international schools or indeed in most other European schools.  This early push of reading, writing and maths doesn't seem to pay off in the long term .  Take a look at International rankings - PISA, TIMMS.  Also you'll find many children in those good UK state schools with learning difficulties who go undiagnosed and get little help.  They are pushed through the system - this would not happen at the international school I work at.  

So I think you have to take a step back and take a long term view of things.  Comparing a young child at an international school here with a UK child in an excellent state school is not going to necessarily feel you're getting value for money.  Compare that same child at 16 or 18 and you might feel differently.  

[In Conclusion]

If you have the money, send your kids to a decent public (ie private, fee paying) school back in the UK. The End.

[BS(c)]

Yes, it does not matter how thick they are there is no such thing as failure.
This sadly reflects on the flexibility of the pass mark rather than the quality of education; but everyone's a winner! That's what the Labour Party promised!

And if your name is Gaddafi and you can bung a million to the LSE, a great British learning establishment which has seen many a rabble-rouser pass through its revolving doors, you can get a PhD too. 

[SmellSC]

There goes that divide again. PP, your comments would interest the state school brigade. Send your kids to public school and they can aim for Oxbridge and the top tier universities. The LSE is a well know haven for those with a drum to bang.

[Dr. Phil]

There goes that divide again. PP, your comments would interest the state school brigade. Send your kids to public school and they can aim for Oxbridge and the top tier universities. The LSE is a well know haven for those with a drum to bang.

My God isn't that what he said?  

PPP ridicule, sarcasm however subtle does not work. Take my word.

[Google this]

They can't read, can't write and think the world owes them a living: Tesco director's damning verdict on Britain's school-leavers Lucy Neville Rolfe

(She is one of the most senior women in British business.)  Frankly, British Education has gone where all other British things have gone...down the drain

[erm well OK]

They can't read, can't write and think the world owes them a living: Tesco director's damning verdict on Britain's school-leavers Lucy Neville Rolfe

(She is one of the most senior women in British business.)  Frankly, British Education has gone where all other British things have gone...down the drain

School leavers who apply for a job working at Tesco maybe.............the intelligent ones are aiming higher.

[Split Topic]

This is really two topics, not one. On one side there are the private school and Oxbridge types and on the other the state school, LSE brigade. There is no blending of the two. Never really works, although those who make it up the ladder like to think it does.