That's the bit right there that defines a public school for me, as it's used in England and Wales. Independent school seems to be widely regarded as a synonym.
Actually I think private school is a better term, with public schools being the state system. This is the correct Scots usage, as well as that used by most of the rest of the world, but it's heavily overshadowed even within Scotland by people being more accustomed to hearing the English usage in the media.
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That's the bit right there that defines a public school for me, as it's used in England and Wales. Independent school seems to be widely regarded as a synonym.
Actually I think private school is a better term, with public schools being the state system. This is the correct Scots usage, as well as that used by most of the rest of the world, but it's heavily overshadowed even within Scotland by people being more accustomed to hearing the English usage in the media.