Спереводом british private schools a. not more that 6 pes cent of children in britain go to public schools. education is very expensive there (up to 20,000 a year). but these schools give their students goot knowledge of subjects. the most popular schools date back to the 15th century: harrow, winchester and eton. b. in the beginning public schools were only for boys or only for girls. nowadays many schools are co-educational (or mixed) where boys and girls study together. public schools can be boarding (pupils live there all year except for holidays) or day (when pupils go home every evening).