Don't post on here much as usually on other boards but could do with some advice.
DS1 has won an academic scholarship and been offered 55% fee remission to a local private secondary school
Private schools are all very new to me and its been a learning curve - its only when we have got near to the end of the process that schools are starting to reveal how much they give in bursaries and even now I don't know how they calculated the figures.
A major motivation in applying is that as well as it being a good school for DS (academic, small classes) we have DS3 (a severely disabled child) so good social reasons why a school that can offer extra activities etc will mean DS1 will not miss out so much - and to be frank take a lot of pressure of us as DS3 takes up 95% of our time.
However the 55% is no where near making it affordable - I don't know if they have included all of DS3 DLA money and if they have taken into account the very substantial costs of raising a disabled child eg massive travel expenses to therapy etc.
So is it acceptable to go back and question the % and ask for a breakdown / check if there is any additional discretion? I don't want to make a fool of myself but at the moment the costs are totally out of reach.
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Are private school bursaries open to negotiation?
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AgnesDiPesto · 28/01/2013 23:07
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