I'm a single mother who has spent the past seven years scrimping and saving to ensure that I could send my son to a wonderful school, I've recently found out that after all the interviews and exams and stress that my son has been accepted to attend Colet Court, in the 7 plus class, I was hoping for some assistance with the fees but have sadly been turned down, I have a little over 50 grand saved up, however the fees alone for a year are about 10 & a half grand and the extra activities will push up that price.
After crunching up the numbers, I've concluded that as long as I keep going at this rate, I'll be able to keep up with the fees until my son turns 18, however the dilemma I am having is that I'm not sure it's all worth it, the schools in my catchment area are quite horrendous, however I could use the money to provide tutoring and then try and get him into a Grammar School when he turns 11, although that's a risk I'm not too comfortable taking.
With mortgage payments, bills, bills & more bills, I'm living on a tight rope, Colet Court is a brilliant school and is associated with St Pauls, meaning that his secondary school placement is all but guaranteed, but is spending all that money, really, truly, worth it in the end?
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Rose1Thornton · 05/03/2014 23:04
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