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The [[Eton Group]] is a collection of 12 independent schools whose heads meet each year to discuss the curriculum.<ref>Rupert Uloth, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/guides/article/144791/Why_Eton_is_so_special.html Why Eton is so special], Country Life, 20 September 2007.</ref> | The [[Eton Group]] is a collection of 12 independent schools whose heads meet each year to discuss the curriculum.<ref>Rupert Uloth, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/guides/article/144791/Why_Eton_is_so_special.html Why Eton is so special], Country Life, 20 September 2007.</ref> | ||
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| + | On 7 February 2003, bursars from the Eton Group schools met at Dulwich College in South London, to outline fees for coming year, the ''Sunday Times'' reported: | ||
| + | ::[[Andrew Wynn]], of Eton, admitted: "We do meet and talk about fees to get some idea of what other schools are thinking. We are a co-operative bunch, and we are not out to slit each other's throats."<ref>Jonathan Clavert and Robert Winnett, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article868892.ece Private schools in row over fee fixing], Sunday Times, 27 April 2003.</ref> | ||
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| + | In June 2003, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) launched an investigation into public school fee-fixing in the wake of the ''Sunday Times'' coverage.<ref>Robert Winnett, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article581782.ece Top public schools found guilty of fee-fixing cartel], The Sunday Times, 23 October 2005.</ref> A number of Eton Group members were among 50 public schools found guilty of fee-fixing in a November 2006 OFT decision.<ref>[http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2006/166-06 OFT issues final decision and imposes penalties in independent schools investigation], Office of Fair Trading], 23 November 2006.</ref> | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
[[Eton College]] | Bryanston | [[Dulwich College]] | Highgate | King's College School Wimbledon | King's Canterbury | Marlborough College | St Paul's | Sherborne | Tonbridge | University College School Hampstead | Westminster<ref>Rupert Uloth, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/guides/article/144791/Why_Eton_is_so_special.html Why Eton is so special], Country Life, 20 September 2007.</ref> | [[Eton College]] | Bryanston | [[Dulwich College]] | Highgate | King's College School Wimbledon | King's Canterbury | Marlborough College | St Paul's | Sherborne | Tonbridge | University College School Hampstead | Westminster<ref>Rupert Uloth, [http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/guides/article/144791/Why_Eton_is_so_special.html Why Eton is so special], Country Life, 20 September 2007.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==External Resources== | ||
| + | *Jonathan Calvert and Robert Winnett, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article868892.ece Private schools in row over fee fixing], Sunday Times, 27 April 2003. | ||
| + | *Jonathan Calvert, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article877567.ece Parents may sue on school fee rise ‘cartel’], Sunday Times, 4 May 2003. | ||
| + | *Dan Rosenheck, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200307210018 Who's paying Lord Snooty's fees?], New Statesman, 21 July 2003. | ||
| + | *Nick Compton, [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-6046379-the-public-school-maffia.do The public school maffia], Evening Standard, 1 August 2003. | ||
| + | *Robert Winnett, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article581782.ece Top public schools found guilty of fee-fixing cartel], Sunday Times, 23 October 2005. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 12:55, 24 August 2010
The Eton Group is a collection of 12 independent schools whose heads meet each year to discuss the curriculum.[1]
Contents
Fee-fixing
On 7 February 2003, bursars from the Eton Group schools met at Dulwich College in South London, to outline fees for coming year, the Sunday Times reported:
- Andrew Wynn, of Eton, admitted: "We do meet and talk about fees to get some idea of what other schools are thinking. We are a co-operative bunch, and we are not out to slit each other's throats."[2]
In June 2003, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) launched an investigation into public school fee-fixing in the wake of the Sunday Times coverage.[3] A number of Eton Group members were among 50 public schools found guilty of fee-fixing in a November 2006 OFT decision.[4]
Members
Eton College | Bryanston | Dulwich College | Highgate | King's College School Wimbledon | King's Canterbury | Marlborough College | St Paul's | Sherborne | Tonbridge | University College School Hampstead | Westminster[5]
External Resources
- Jonathan Calvert and Robert Winnett, Private schools in row over fee fixing, Sunday Times, 27 April 2003.
- Jonathan Calvert, Parents may sue on school fee rise ‘cartel’, Sunday Times, 4 May 2003.
- Dan Rosenheck, Who's paying Lord Snooty's fees?, New Statesman, 21 July 2003.
- Nick Compton, The public school maffia, Evening Standard, 1 August 2003.
- Robert Winnett, Top public schools found guilty of fee-fixing cartel, Sunday Times, 23 October 2005.
Notes
- ↑ Rupert Uloth, Why Eton is so special, Country Life, 20 September 2007.
- ↑ Jonathan Clavert and Robert Winnett, Private schools in row over fee fixing, Sunday Times, 27 April 2003.
- ↑ Robert Winnett, Top public schools found guilty of fee-fixing cartel, The Sunday Times, 23 October 2005.
- ↑ OFT issues final decision and imposes penalties in independent schools investigation, Office of Fair Trading], 23 November 2006.
- ↑ Rupert Uloth, Why Eton is so special, Country Life, 20 September 2007.
