Hi - hoping for some opinions and advice!
We live in an area with fantastic state primary schools (outstanding on ofsted, high on dfed league tables for key stage 4 achievement, affluent area). And a good state secondary - not as good as private schools or grammars for results and not as good as the faith state schools in the area, but pretty good. So a fortunate situation to be in.
Except dh went to private school and we are debating whether if you can afford to go private (which we just about can) we should, as in terms of results private schools rank higher than our local state schools, and in terms of facilities there is a huge difference. But would mean money was tighter for other things (holidays, home improvement etc) and would mean we would both have to keep working in reasonably senior jobs.
What do people think? If you can afford private school would you still go for the state school and live more comfortably, work less hard? Or do you think if you can afford to go private it's always the best possible investment for your children?
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Raqueli · 07/08/2014 09:49
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