[DOC] [TLE] Public school (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia [PAR] A public school in England and Wales is an older, student selective and 
expensive fee-paying independent secondary school which caters primarily for 
children aged between 11 or 13 and 18. The term 'public school' should not be 
misunderstood to mean they are public sector schools; they are in fact private 
sector. ... In 2014, annual fees at Eton College were more than 33,000 for 
boarders,... [DOC] [TLE] Public School means Private School in the UK? | Antimoon Forum [PAR] Jul 20, 2008 ... Then how do they say a REAL "Public School" in the UK, a publicly administered 
... Basically, the word "public" is very misleading in this context, ... Thereafter, in 
England and Wales, university education is not actually free - it is either .... What 
Americans would call a public school we call a 'comprehensive'. [DOC] [TLE] The British public school: what does public really mean? Private ... [PAR] Sep 4, 2013 ... British public schoolboys I found myself in a quandary recently. I was having a 
conversation with an American about our respective ... etonschoolboys ... and 
that they have a strange way of calling private schools public, and therefore I ... 
so the term public school came to mean something slightly different. [DOC] [TLE] How to Get into the Best Boarding Schools in Britain: A Sharp Guide [PAR] May 20, 2014 ... This boys-only boarding school charges fees of 11,090 per term, and Eton ... 
Like Eton, it has its own distinctive traditions and terminology (a teacher is ... all 
you can really do is nurture your child's academic potential from an early age ... 
At Eton they call it the King's Scholarship examination; at Harrow, the... [DOC] [TLE] Separated by a Common Language: types of schools, school years [PAR] Dec 21, 2006 ... year, Old British system, Year in age, American year .... schools, as (AmE) private 
/ (BrE) independent schools can vary their practices quite a bit. ... In AmE, 
grammar school is a less common term for elementary ..... Upper class went to 
the famous public schools, like Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Rugby etc. [DOC] [TLE] English Public Schools - PBS [PAR] ("Public" schools are actually what Americans would call private schools, and ... 
were chiefly boarding schools, and each had its own traditions, slang, rituals, and 
... The English Public School, public schools of the higher rank (such as Eton ... 
Of these men, many were public school boys like those in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. [DOC] [TLE] The British Education System - British Culture, Customs and Traditions [PAR] British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions - education in Britain. ... It 
should be noted that local English practice can vary from this general ... In some 
regions of England, pupils attend a Lower (Primary) School before ..... 
Confusingly to a non-native English speaker a public school is actually a private 
school! [DOC] [TLE] British Education: Where the Poshest Kids Attend School ... [PAR] Schoolboys between classes at Eton (Pic: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ... is 
that the term public school doesn't mean the same thing in the U.K. as it does in ... 
of education, for which there are no fees; there are private schools, which are .... 
provider that supports BBC America's full episode service and you must have... [DOC] [TLE] Can someone explain this 'British social class system' thing in ... [PAR] In very broad terms we have three classes in the UK. And actually I would say it 
has more to do ... This is where the class system is a little confusing to an 
American. ... Here public schools are actually what we call the very poshest 
private .... and the like)- boom, they will be UPPER Class (though of course in 
their Eton set,... [DOC] [TLE] 1980s photographs of Britain's most elite boarding schools revealed ... [PAR] Sep 24, 2014 ... A new film taking a look at the very private world

Question: British term for schools like Eton that are actually what Americans would call private
Answer: Public school