Pressure on at private schools

Pushy parents paying tens of thousands of pounds for a private school education are piling the pressure on teachers to get their children good grades and a top university place.

There is a growing “sense of entitlement” among parents of fee-paying school children, according to Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union.

She argued that teachers in independent schools are working “insane” hours, with rising fees being pumped into buildings and facilities rather than wages.