I don't think that valuing creativity can be divided into public and private. Of the schools that I attended one of the public schools valued creativity the most. In NSW there are 6 public selective creative and performing arts high schools which focus more on creativity than any other schools in the state.
I hope they have changed things now but when I was at school an A in an arts or humanities subject was given less weight in calculating your TE score than an A in maths or science regardless of what school you attended.
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