Private school fees (merged)

borntobefree

mymatebob wrote: »

There is no "British" education system

Hi

I'm thick! Explain what you mean. That's why I put the English bit;)

mymatebob

At school level I meant.

Different system in Scotland to that of England/Wales so no British system is what I meant.

borntobefree

mymatebob wrote: »

At school level I meant.

Different system in Scotland to that of England/Wales so no British system is what I meant.

Yes that's true and what goes on in England is worse/ different than:D what goes on in Scotland & Wales.:D Is there are private system in Scotland?

mymatebob

borntobefree wrote: »

Yes that's true and what goes on in England is worse/ different than:D what goes on in Scotland & Wales.:D Is there are private system in Scotland?

There are schools which are not state funded which one can choose to pay for.

Our ex prime minister went to a posh/expensive one in Edinburgh

suzybaby2001

posh*spice wrote: »

Now you are stretching the truth abit here :rotfl:(even I know that!). It costs a fortune to get kids through uni - if you don't want them to be in debt for ever.:D

Back at work after wisdom teeth woes and I see the debate is still going strong! Just wanted to say that my fianc! and I put ourselves through uni, luckily I had my fees paid for by the LEA but my bloke had to pay for his out of his loan. We are both still in debt 3 years after graduating (this doesn't include our £12K student loan which comes out of our pay packet and we don't miss it) but we are getting by. Our parents were not in the position to support us through uni, we both worked from 13 years of age to buy CDs, go to the cinema, buy clothes etc. and going through uni taught us about the value of money even more. When my Mum had to put money in my account because I was living on plain pasta and water, that was when I realised the value of money. She said afterwards that she had the money to pay my overdraft off and for me to go out on razz every night, but that wouldn't have taught me anything. I really appreciate my parents for that, they accept that I'm in debt but it's a manageable debt, I don't have people knocking on the door or anything!!

Savvy_Sue

One interesting development is private schools moving into the state sector. We have 2 or 3 secondaries locally who are becoming Academies: I do not know how they are going to maintain standards which they're obviously keen to do. But some of you might want to keep an ear to the ground for this happening in your area. At least one of them is staying single sex: I think one of each.

meester

borntobefree wrote: »

Being honest though aren't there kids like that everywhere? There are plenty of "posh" kids you think you wouldn't want your kids to be like too surely. My kids have loads of nice friends and I'm sure they are around loads of kids I wouldn't like so much.

Anyway, I suspect you have plenty of money and it's not an issue.

Yes I do, but I'm glad that I'm in the position to not have any trouble paying, because the outcomes we are getting are much better than before at the state school.

One of my colleagues spent all his money on a £850k house and doesn't send his children to private school. I looked up his local school on Ofsted and it did not get a very good report. I wasn't impressed with his sense of priorities.

meester

suzybaby2001 wrote: »

Back at work after wisdom teeth woes and I see the debate is still going strong! Just wanted to say that my fianc! and I put ourselves through uni, luckily I had my fees paid for by the LEA but my bloke had to pay for his out of his loan. We are both still in debt 3 years after graduating (this doesn't include our £12K student loan which comes out of our pay packet and we don't miss it)

3 years is not that long believe me.

In the US the costs are MUCH higher. Harvard costs $53k/year all-in. $150k in 3 years.

If people here had to spend £75k for University they'd think twice, and certainly puts £125k for 15 years of education prior to that into perpesctive.

Spendless

borntobefree wrote: »

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Meester has started a thread (above) for those who want to discuss the different ways of financing a private education. He started with a ball park figure of £134k per child from reception to the end of upper 6. The next poster came in with figures of £200k per child. So for the rest of us (well me:D) who'd like to actually discuss whether private education is worth that amount of money I thought we could now try again.[/FONT]

Not to me it isn't. As \I mentioned earlier on this thread, something that is extremely important to me is that my children have local friends. I know of someone who's child is at a private school and the pupils come from all over the town. I wish mine to be able to call for friends themselves when they are a bit older. If their schoolmates were scattered about the town, this wouldn't be possible.

usa1

emsywoo123 wrote: »

Well done BTBF, you got this thread topic to where you wanted it to be!!

I think it is worth it, as I have said soooooooooo many times now, it is not just for "some GCSEs and 3/4 A levels"

I personally do not think that spending a load of money on a holiday in the sun is worth it, but I do not feel the need to carry on about it! And no, I am not suggesting that you do, jsut making a point that people have different priorities.

I would rather my private educated children come out with `some GCSE`s and 3/4 A levels, than an NVQ in Eastenders or a Certificate in X-factor, if they had gone to the local rough comp.

I wish all socialists would stick to their principles and not send thier children to private schools and send them to their local comp. Then standards would rise