According to Ralph Lucas , the owner of the Good Schools Guide , state schools have improved “beyond recognition” over 1986 , and thus are now threatening to put their independent rivals out of business. Lucas believes that the independent sector is bound to reduce “as parents realised that they could get a good education for their child in the state sector for free.” But by last year, nearly a third of those listed were state-funded – 265 out of 888. Nearly a third of schools ( Nearly a third ) listed in the Good Schools Guide the past 30 years were state schools, compared to only 10 when the the Good Schools Guide was first published in 1986 .
According to Ralph Lucas , the owner of the Good Schools Guide , state schools have improved “beyond recognition” over 1986 , and thus are now threatening to put their independent rivals out of business. Lucas believes that the independent sector is bound to reduce “as parents realised that they could get a good education for their child in the state sector for free.” Nearly a third of schools ( Nearly a third ) listed in the Good Schools Guide the past 30 years were state schools, compared to only 10 when the the Good Schools Guide was first published in 1986 .