This increase was greater among pupils from comprehensive schools compared with those from independent schools.
Yet the relative merit of low-cost private schools compared to government equivalents remains far from clear.
Excluding overseas pupils, 490,000 British residents are currently attending independent schools, compared with 491,000 in 2008.
Nearly 13% of entrants to state grammar schools had previously attended private prep schools, compared with 6% nationally.
There are 21 students to every teacher in primary schools, compared with the OECD average of just 15.
She loves the intimacy of District 2, which has 43 schools compared with the 169 in her new region.
It was found that those children from disadvantaged white backgrounds were performing worst in schools, compared with other ethnic groups.
A third of MPs went to fee-paying private schools (compared with the national average of about 7%).
Mr Murdoch, who sent his children to elite private schools, compared British education unfavourably to schools in less advanced countries.
The president was the namesake for 388 schools, compared to 314 for the three previous presidents combined.
Jewish leaders said yesterday that they were encouraged by the large number of children attending day schools compared with previous generations.
