My daughters school went bust today.

fc123

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

fc123

treliac wrote: »

I don't think that's necessarily true. My two went / go to a very good state school. I went to an excellent state school which I believe was ahead, in many respects, of the private school my sister attended.

It's not a straightforward decision. There are pros and cons to both. Ultimately, it comes down to the merits of each individual school and how it serves the needs of each pupil.

From my experience, it can just about where you end up living too.

MoneyHoney

"Any girl from her year (about 2 dozen of them) can move to Roedean on their existing fees and discounts".

^ If the small print ties in with the above then I'd consider Roedean a done deal if your daughter is happy with that too. I guess it may become clearer for your daughter when she finds out where her friends will be moving to.

There's a mix at most schools, often with many pupils on assisted fees of some sort. On paper my eldest childs school could look to be brimming with OTT parental wealth, it probably is but we never notice it via the pupils. The 2nd hand uniform shop is busy, my eldest invites any friend to stay and I never feel out of place arriving in my 100k round the clock car :rotfl:

fc123

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

Alan_M_2

Well without details the most clear route seems to be the following:-

1/ Ditch the loss making part of the business (obviously, commitment allowing such as leases etc).
2/ Get DD into Roedean and through the GCSE's Continue living in Brighton until GCSE's are complete.
3/ Arrange a 12 month let on the London Property even if slightly below market value to get bums on seats.

Keep your head down for 12 months, get DD through this very important year then in 12 months re assess the situation.

This assumes you don't need to commute to the London operation on a daily basis (you say you can work from wherever?)

Good luck, I have two friend in a similar position, unfortunately they are taking the "Ostrich" approach (well the wife is) and I'm reasonably sure they will lose their house as a result. You have to make the changes and decisions whilst you are in control of those decisions.

GDB2222

Your DD's education is going to be disrupted whatever you do. Not your fault.

Roedean is the obvious choice as you're unlikely to find a place anywhere decent mid-year.

For goodness sake, you're going to have to buy the new uniform! It's bad enough changing schools like this without labelling her with the old school uniform.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Your DD's education is going to be disrupted whatever you do. Not your fault.

Roedean is the obvious choice as you're unlikely to find a place anywhere decent mid-year.

For goodness sake, you're going to have to buy the new uniform! It's bad enough changing schools like this without labelling her with the old school uniform.

Really? I was wondering whether the old uniform might be a sort of a cool thing? Different I know, but our school had a uniform change while I was there, and it was considered seriously uncool to have bought into the new uniform.... Its impossible to gauge though,- what will be the coolest, -isn't it?

nickmason

Probably not much I can add, as my experience is a couple of decades old -:eek: - and I didn't see both sides (I was on a scholorship to a major public school, of Roedean-esque level), and in fact girls only schools must have a different dynamic, but:

• LIR's point about school uniform strikes me as most likely.
• This is a great opportunity - that education (especially at the top-end of the fee paying sector, where it's not just about better teachers) is extremely valuable.
• Similarly, the networks will be great. Don't discount this.
• Money (as a child) is as much or as little of a problem as you make it - we were very short of cash - my parents were surviving on about £3k a year for the five years I was at senior school. I felt it slightly, but to be honest was too ignorant of the attraction of coffee on the Kings Road etc to realise what I was missing! Some of the coolest kids were not the rich, but those who had an "edge" to them. And the very cool - eg Samantha (now) Cameron - would play down their wealth! My niece - who has recently moved from a small fee-paying school to a major public school - is something of a celebrity within the school (well that's what she says!)
• Solidarity amongst her friends, without being insular, is going to be vital. Not necessarily in a bad way - but if she's not an extrovert, then she'll need that support network around her.

Hope that helps. If it sounds pompous, apologies, I've scribbled in a hurry, just to be of help if I can!

StevieJ

Go for it, good for the CV. :beer:

geoffky

You and your daughter are very very lucky...grab the offer with both hands and run with it..who knows what opportunities could come out of it..for you and your daughter...good luck

my daughter is having to travel a long way from where we live next year as she starts high school as the local ones are academy's..