Germans opt for a top class British public school education

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German families are increasingly looking to Britain's best public schools to provide the "well rounded", disciplined education they fear is being eroded in their own country.

Early returns to this year's Independent Schools Council census reveal significant numbers of German pupils are being enrolled in British boarding schools, where fees average £20,000 a year.

According to German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, poor discipline, large classes of up to 35, indifferent teachers who are difficult to fire, and minimal sports facilities are turning German parents off their schools.

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