PBS Tier 4 from US - Can my daughter attend school?

[token]

Hi there,
I am a PBS Tier 4 from the US, attending Oxford for one year (Sep 2010 to Sep 2011) for an MBA.

We want my daughter to come over for three months (Hilary term, basically) from January through March 2011. She has a valid US passport, but we have not applied for a visa yet. She is 13 years old.

I know that there different schemes under which she could enter the country.

Is there any way for her to attend a local "council" (i.e., free) school for the three months? I'm not talking about whether she can get into a specific school, but what immigration law says about it.

Pages like this one (http://www.burneylegal.co.uk/uk-immigra ... -visa.html) seem to say that she can only go to what we in the US call a "private school". These schools are VERY expensive - the cheapest one I have found in Oxford is ~$5,500 per term for day students! Yikes - that's about three times as expensive as private schools back home.

So, clearly if she can go to a council school that would be preferable.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris

[avjones]

I think you mean state school - free at point of delivery, paid for through tax etc?

The answer is yes, she could attend a state school, under immigration law.