Independant schools

14th December 2001, 12:00am

1 number of schools with asteam-engine railway (The Downs prep school, Malvern, Worcestershire)

6.7 percentage increase in fees from 19992000 to 20001

14 percentage of independent school pupils who are boarders*

31 number of independent schools that have farms

77 percentage of A grades at A-level Latin in 2000 obtained by independent school pupils

597 year in which King’s School, Canterbury (right), was founded, making it the oldest school in Britain

2,400 number of independent schools in the UK (approximate)

* These figures apply to the 1,275-members of the Independent Schools Council only

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