Teachers end-of-term gifts at private schools 'could be seen as bribery'
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Your support makes all the difference.Parents’ end-of-term gifts to teachers in some private schools have spiralled out of control, prompting schools to consider whether they constitute bribery or corruption.
One teacher was offered a diamond necklace, another a Hermès handbag and a third the keys to the parents’ foreign villa. A headteacher was also singled out by a chauffeur who delivered a case of burgundy in exchange for a tour of the school – and an expected place at it for his child.
The growing largesse of Britain’s wealthiest parents is highlighted in the latest issue of the magazine Tatler.
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