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==British upper middle class<!--'British upper middle class' redirects here-->== {{further|Social class in the United Kingdom#Upper middle class}} The upper middle class in Britain traditionally consists of the educated professionals who were born into higher-income backgrounds, such as legal professionals, executives, and [[surgeon]]s. This stratum, in England, traditionally uses [[Received Pronunciation]] natively.{{cn|date=July 2022}} A typical Mosaic geodemographic type for this group would be cultural leadership. It is also usually assumed that this class is most predominant in the [[home counties]] of [[South East England]] and the more affluent [[London boroughs|boroughs]] of [[London]]. Children of this group are often educated at a [[preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] until about 13 years old and then at one of the "major" or "minor" [[Public school (United Kingdom)|British public schools]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Delingpole |first=James |author-link=James Delingpole |date=17 December 2011 |title=Thank God I Don't Have that Ghastly Sense of Entitlement that Eton Instils |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/james-delingpole/7482608/thank-god-i-dont-have-that-ghastly-sense-of-entitlement-that-eton-instils/ |newspaper=The Spectator |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Byrnes |first=Sholto |date=20 April 2010 |title=Who's Posher: Clegg or Cameron? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/20/clegg-cameron-posher |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> which will typically charge fees of at least Β£11,500 per year per pupil (as of 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last=Farndale |first=Nigel |author-link=Nigel Farndale |date=28 January 2013 |title=Is There a Private School Prejudice? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9821490/Is-there-a-private-school-prejudice.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9821490/Is-there-a-private-school-prejudice.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=21 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{sfn|Trainor|2000|p=679}} followed by studying at post-graduation level.
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