Yeah it’s free, provided by the state for the benefit of children.
Obviously you’re angling for a “it’s not free I pay tax” line, but it’s very sixth form politics to pretend taxation and public spending are directly linked - if you spend a second thinking about it, that doesn’t work on any level.
You don’t have to pay tax to go to school.
You don’t pay less tax if you don’t go to state school.
Your taxes don’t go down if the DoE budget gets cut, they dont necessarily go up if the government decides to increase education spending.
How do you even reconcile your line of thinking with the fact the country is run at a deficit?