How many pupils graduated from British public schools in 2003

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 01 Nov 2004 13:14 PST

Kemlo,

Would I be correct in assuming that by "public schools," you mean
preparatory schools that charge tuition (e.g., Eton)?

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Clarification of Question by kemlo-ga on 24 Nov 2004 12:20 PST

To Leli-ga
Thank you for the link to the H.M.C. 
I have contacted them direct  and from them I have received the
information I reqired.
I am now closing this qestion

None.

British pupils do not 'graduate' from schools

They 'graduate' from universities.

For juggler-ga, in the UK a 'Prep' school is the place you go to
/before/ a Public school.

In the UK the relevant terms are:
  State Schools
  Fee Paying Schools
  Independant Schools
  Public Schools
In the vernacular there are also:
  'Good' Schools
  'Sink' Schools
The situation is further complicated because the Scots (being
eminently sensible on their own turf, and irresponsible down South)
retain a rather different educational structure.

Just to complicate matters, there are things like SOAC (School of
Oriental and Asian ... ? also SOAS ) that have University status
- people can 'graduate' from them.

SOAS is the School of Asian ("Orienatal") and African Studies, and it
is simply one of the colleges of the University of London, which is a
university encompassing more than one college (Oxford and Cambridge
are similar in that respect). Other colleges of the UoL could be found
on their website:

University of London, Colleges and Institutes
<http://www.lon.ac.uk/Colleges_Institutes/home.asp?theDir=^Colleges%5FInstitutes^&level=0&id=533>

The term "Public schools", indeed, usually refers to independent,
private schools. However, since the term literally means the opposite,
it had been wise of Juggler to enquier what kind of information is
Kemlo after.

Hello Kemlo

Maybe it would help to see how many pupils completed their final year
by taking A-levels at fee-paying schools belonging to the Independent
Schools Council. ISC schools put forward more than 30,000 Year 13
(Upper Sixth) candidates for A-level exams in 2003.

As you will know, not every private school is a public school! You
might want to go through the ISC's lists to decide which of their
members would count as a "real" public school, whatever that is. One
definition of a public school is a school belonging to the
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), but this excludes
girls-only public schools.

ISC news stories
http://www.isis.org.uk/news/

Information about A-level candidates from independent schools in 2002:
http://www.isis.org.uk/results/alevel/2002/index.html

HMC
http://hmc.digitalbrain.com/

Hope this helps - Leli