No. They are paid for in fees charged to the parents of pupils/students.
There are now more than 2500 independent schoolsin the UK
For UK State schools, about £9.32/hour on average depending on the school, situation and postion.
In the UK, selective state schools use National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) exams whereas independent selective schools exams are set by the Independent Schools Examinations Board (ISEB). Their web sites can offer some samples. More may be obtained from the sites for the individual schools.
In state schools it was banned in 1987. In private schools it was banned in 1999 (England and Wales) and 2000 (Scotland).
State schools are owned and run by the state. Private (public) schools are owned and run by private individuals (usually trusts/charities or relgious bodies today, rather than any single person).
ople who have paid 40 years national insurance
All public schools in the UK will provide free school dinners to those pupils who's parents dictate that they are eligible to receive such aid. I think that you mean State schools.
Very few - since our electricity grid is the most stable it's ever been. It's not common practice to build UK schools with generators. Private schools have different rules - but state schools rarely have generators.
There are millions of Catholics in the UK and many of them want to be able to go to Catholic schools, so naturally there is a lot of Catholic schools in the UK.
Preparatory schools tend to be gender based schools, all boys or all girls. State schools are geared towards 13-18 year old students, and is a more public school.
In 1998, there were 772 private boarding schools in the UK.
As of 1998, there were 772 private boarding schools in the UK.