Actually John, the article does not mention either state or Private education, so I would guess it would apply to students from both types of institution.
Having read the survey that the Torygraph has taken very selected quotes from it is not as clear cut as the headline (a quote from a single academic in a “large modern university”) would suggest.
Almost half of academics (48 per cent) and nearly as many administrators and professional staff (43 per cent) do not think that students are well prepared for university study by their schooling, while just 28 per cent of academics and 38 per cent of administrators believe that students have a good grounding for higher study.
Opinion is, however, more split on whether this situation is worse than in previous years; 39 per cent of academics think that students are intellectually less able or less well prepared than previous generations, while 34 per cent disagree. The figures for administrators are 29 per cent and 42 per cent, respectively.
Having read the survey in its entirety, there is also no differentiation between students from private and state schools, indeed there is no mention of where the students referred to come from
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the-teaching-survey-2017-results-and-analysis
But of course you would not acknowlege this as it doesn’t fit the mindset
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