A Very Public Education will see the headteacher and a small group of Year 9 and 10 pupils from one state secondary school and one private, boarding secondary school swapping places to spend a week immersed in the school life of the other. By filming the experiences and reactions of the individuals involved and those around them in each school, the series aims to provide an insight into some of the key differences between the two sectors at a time when education is a political battlefield and the broad perception is of a gulf in standards between them. With more than a third of the current cabinet having emerged from fee-paying schools and regular reports about state school pupils falling behind their privately-educated counterparts in landing places at the best universities and the best jobs, the programmes will set out to explore the social, economic and educational challenges and differences that face both groups. But, over the two episodes, it will also seek to highlight shared experiences to see what they can potentially learn from each other. The two schools involved are The Bemrose School, in Derby and Warminster School, in Wiltshire. Both schools are mixed gender and the pupils taking part in the swap are drawn from pupils aged 13-15 from Years 9 and 10.
独立的人格、自信心、视野、思考能力对学生来讲是未来的关键，私立学校在这些方面确实做得很好。 金钱真的可以堆砌更好的教育。这确实是不得不承认的现实。
阶级差距的确存在，不同段位的资源分配差异超乎想象，偏偏上层阶级比下层的还更清醒地意识到了这一点。想到了在牛津的那段经历，好学校提供的环境平台资源眼界真的不是一般学校能比的。
搜了下后续报道，转学到私立的小伙子去了个英国排名80多的大学…然后英国一共才156所大学…反而是叙利亚小妹妹去剑桥了…又看了B站一个在这个学校读过书的中国妹妹写的文章，所以这个中学也就是个私立野鸡中学吧…白白浪费我一个半小时。不过从叙利亚小妹妹的经历倒是可以看出来，自己有毅力、有方向、知道自己想要什么并为之努力，是真的可以成功。
这些私立学校的孩子们都能得到老师足够的关注和鼓励，有机会去接近那些成功的role model，优渥的学习环境，规律严格但并不死板的丰富校园生活。真的是遥不可及。光是被认真对待就已经很稀缺。
阶级不同，成长的流速也不同