Let's hope not. Inverse snobbery has all-too-frequently been used to lazily criticize the independent sector.
Many children from less-affluent backgrounds were given the chance to attend schools through the assisted place system.
Excellent schools, whether state or private, should be welcomed...
Not a Christ's Hospital old boy, but I can verify that they had the best match teas after prep school rugby games in the 80s.
The uniform was always a source of some amusement with those stockings!
That said, as someone who's taught as a resident house tutor in the independent school sector...