The Eton Group is an association of 12 English public schools within the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
For example, the Heads of academic departments meet to discuss curriculum matters of common interest.
[2] The bursar of Eton College, Andrew Wynn, was quoted as saying: "We do meet and talk about fees to get some idea of what other schools are thinking.
"[3][4] The Independent Schools Council said independent schools were following long-established practice and were not aware that the Competition Act 1998 (on which they were not consulted) had removed their previous exemption from anti-cartel rules.
The schools each paid a £10,000 penalty, and agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling £3 million to a trust to benefit pupils attending the schools in the relevant years.