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‘State sector is elitist’ says head of £15k fees school

Classroom warfare broke out yesterday after a private school headmaster slammed critics of the posh institutions — and claimed state schools are more elitist.

Alun Jones launched his attack on “1970s class war” attitudes towards fee-paying schools as he took over presidency of the Girls’ Schools Association.

The St Gabriels CoE principal called claims that the sector is elitist “stereotypical” and “out of date.”

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