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To think if you can no longer afford school fees...

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TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 19:54

that is tough.

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Creamcheeseplease · 13/06/2024 20:40

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:29

It's not goading. It's a genuine give your head a wobble. Do you genuinely think all state schools resemble Grange Hill?

Mine did. My husband's did. In fact fucking worse. You ever been to Easterhouse or Castlemilk? Our current local secondary is a pile of shite too.

Our son is going to a private school. We can afford it regardless, thank fuck.

MonsteraMama · 13/06/2024 20:39

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

So why are you going on a Disney cruise instead of feeding and clothing those children then eh?

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 20:39

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:34

I'm not gloating. I just think you've no idea how lucky you are. Literally.

Who are you talking too?

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:38

Election hasn't happened yet.

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TinyYellow · 13/06/2024 20:38

It would be fine to bring it in for pupils who haven’t started at their schools yet. I would agree that if you can’t afford it, tough.

But disrupting children who are already settled in their educational settings so they can win votes from jealous people seems quite disgusting to me. Children don’t stop having vulnerabilities just because their parents or grandparents can afford school fees.

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 20:38

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:37

FWIW I'm sorry for those children and your sister. Will they def close?

Oh give over! Stop being so disingenuous!

Namenamchange · 13/06/2024 20:38

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

And you think increasing the size of their classes is going to help? Having to share their teacher with more students will help the disadvantaged children?
there isn’t the infrastructure in to place the ‘just can afford’ school fees children.

like with everything else, the vulnerable children will miss out.

ThisExistence · 13/06/2024 20:37

PonyPatter44 · 13/06/2024 20:33

Why not just get a better job? Or some sort of side hustle to make up the difference?

Or move to an area with cheaper housing if renting or downsize if own to free up money for school fees ? Which is what gets suggested to people struggling financially in other ways on here frequently so if it’s good enough for them!

Another76543 · 13/06/2024 20:37

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

The tax raised (if there is any) isn’t being allocated to solve the problems of poverty though. It’s going on a few extra maths teachers apparently, and some new nurseries. Taxing private school parents isn’t going to help those living in poverty. To make any real difference to their lives will take reduced spending elsewhere or much larger tax hikes affecting a greater proportion of taxpayers.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:37

FWIW I'm sorry for those children and your sister. Will they def close?

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Bunnyasmyname · 13/06/2024 20:37

TiredMumE and you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

What a hateful post.

Having a break from drowning kittens to gloat over upset kids, OP? Bravo.

aerkfjherf · 13/06/2024 20:37

TheFairyCaravan · 13/06/2024 19:56

Could always give up SkyTv

😂

Heatherbell1978 · 13/06/2024 20:36

It's laughable that private school parents are accused of looking down on state school parents all the time. All I ever see on MN are private school parents and their kids being treated like dirt.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:36

It's developing world.

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TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:35

Do you genuinely think there are spare seats in state school?

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NalafromtheLionKing · 13/06/2024 20:35

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

And children in third world countries are worse off than that. Some also have debilitating diseases.

However, all of that is irrelevant and this is not a race to the bottom.

entiredayfighting · 13/06/2024 20:35

That's a bit nasty OP. At the end of the day it's the children that will suffer.

Potentially being uprooted from their schools, teachers and safety network.

Potentially disrupted due to bigger class sizes, overstretched resources and overworked teachers due to state schools bursting at the seams

Potentially overstretched budgets meaning less TSA's, less support for learning

It will affect them all, directly or inadvertently

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:34

I'm not gloating. I just think you've no idea how lucky you are. Literally.

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PonyPatter44 · 13/06/2024 20:33

Why not just get a better job? Or some sort of side hustle to make up the difference?

LeakyRad · 13/06/2024 20:33

Looking good, OP 🙌

Bunnyasmyname · 13/06/2024 20:33

Wow. What a load of completely selfishes bitches on here.
Gloating over kids having to leave their schools.
Do you generally enjoy unsettling and distressing children or is just the children of parents more well off than you??

And no, I don't send my kids to private school.

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 20:33

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

Let's hope your child can't attend their state school, through no fault of their own, then struggles in the next school.

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 20:32

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:29

It's not goading. It's a genuine give your head a wobble. Do you genuinely think all state schools resemble Grange Hill?

It's totally goady and with no thought of the children! Really unkind and shameful.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:31

Some children won't eat today. Some children in the UK are so poor they have no bed, no toys and no winter coat. And you're worried little Jemima can no longer attend Fluffy Bunny Montessori School. Wow.

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Andtheworldwentwhite · 13/06/2024 20:30

Really bloody fed up with comments like this. As it is really an ignorant point of view.

Not every private school is done for the rich and wealthy. My sister runs a very small private school that mostly caters for children who need more help , slight special needs etc. this is going to close her down.

now. There are no fancy things at this school. Everything there is bought 2nd hand etc etc.

parents scrimp and save to send their children there as they know that they will never get the help their children need in a normal state school. And I mean they scrimp and save every penny. I know what these families are going without and doing to actually pay for this for their children and it’s not giving up holidays or cancelling Netflix. It’s way more than that.

And even then the fees are not that huge. But it is a private school so it will be classed as some of the extra posh ones.

these kids will be forced back into the state system where they will either not get the help they need or cost the state schools more. Her business will close meaning everyone who works there will loose their jobs.

but please yes go ahead and be a bitch about stuff u have no knowledge off.

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