Educators who believed in the most advanced educational philosophy at the time as well international businessmen who were committed to the British public schools jumped on the idea of the seven-year higher schools, and many seven-year higher schools aimed to nurture students to have sophisticated disposition.
七年制高等学校構想には当時の先端的な教育思想を信奉する教育家や英国流のパブリックスクールに傾倒していた国際派経済人がとびつき、おおくの七年制高等学校はスマートな気質の学生をそだてることをめざした。