These numbers are also ignoring the gap in (median/average/decent) pay between the US and UK (2021 averages in USD: $58,260 for the US and $38,291 for the UK).

Oddly it has conditioned many friends who were stauch opponents of private schools (waste of money and only generates entitled poorly educated people) to feel more comfortable with paying the cheaper private school fees for primary school (or they took one look at the public alternative and realised the reality)