My daughters school went bust today.

Spendless

How long are they holding the current fees for, just the end of this academic year or till end of year 11?

what would you do about years 12 and 13 if she wanted to stay on?

adr0ck

fc with only 4.5 terms to go till your DD does her GCSE's, to do whats best for her, you don't really have a choice

good luck

fc123

Edted to remove personal stuff but thanks for all the comment and advice.

fc123

Spendless wrote: »

How long are they holding the current fees for, just the end of this academic year or till end of year 11?

what would you do about years 12 and 13 if she wanted to stay on?

We'd already decided on state sixth form as some great ones in this area. Or she may do further Ed in arts, as she is not super academic.

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

DD never had any Russian mates. It had a broad mix of pupils and a gave out a lot of bursaries. There were some pool and pony types, but the majority were just like us. Paid fees by cutting back elsewhere (no hols ever, tight household budget etc).

There WILL be a mix at Roedean too, a different mix, sure, but they never used to be all Russian or titled, but a mix. but 'your' girls will be a group anyway: almost certainly more than 3 will make the move and be a support network for each other. The naughtier rich girls from Roedean will think it uber cool to have some 'Real' friends..althoughthey'll be milking the cool value from it :rolleyes:


They'llbe fine,its a great life lesson in flexibility and taking oppertunities where they arise, something she'll have got the idea of from you anyway.

Spendless

fc- if you look at roedean's website they have a uniform list with prices if that helps at all.

Personally I'd go for it.

fc123

[Edted to remove personal stuff but thanks for all the comment and advice.


I hope this thread doesn't get linked to HPC for gloating purposes.

SingleSue

Personally I think the offer of going to Roedean is too much of a chance to pass up. Obviously it also has to be suitable for your family but don't worry about snobbery/flaming....you won't get any from me at all.

My boys state schools have been excellent (ok not my eldest sons one) but if I won/inherited a large amount of money, my children would be out of the state sector like a shot....just for the extra chances/wider education you get in life from doing so.

treliac

fc, whatever your political leanings you have to do the best for your kids. You can say you have no choice but what would any of us do given life opportunities? Your DD will settle in; she'll arrive along with a posse of her existing friends, won't she?

Anyway, it's the people who show off and thrust their wealth and advantage under everyone's noses who are to be avoided. The genuine don't need to do that.

By the way, where did Tony Blair send his kids? Political ideals tend to be for other peoples kids, as far as our governing elite are concerned.

fc123

treliac wrote: »

fc, whatever your political leanings you have to do the best for your kids. You can say you have no choice but what would any of us do given life opportunities? Your DD will settle in; she'll arrive along with a posse of her existing friends, won't she?

Anyway, it's the people who show off and thrust their wealth and advantage under everyone's noses who are to be avoided. The genuine don't need to do that.

By the way, where did Tony Blair send his kids? Political ideals tend to be for other peoples kids, as far as our governing elite are concerned.

Thanks. I don't really have any political leanings being more of 'Do as you would be done by' type.

I have never had any idealogical views on schools really. In London, the choices weren't great and we just went with what was right for each kid at the time. Her state primary was very average, middle of the chart type, mix of kids....nothing awful, but not fantastic either.

My very good friend in London did give me grief as she could afford very pure socialist ideals and lived her life by them (as she could afford to live in the best schools catchment...we couldn't) and then it all went wrong.

Her teen son..it's all a bit of a disaster and she since moved her daughter @ 13 to private....to discover that it was 'really, rather nice''.;) and not posh at all...just expensive. But she has a household income IEO 6 figs, so not much stress on financial front.