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

Nope, those who are pushed out of private schools on account of having to pay 20% more will still be at the top of the public education system. The money not spent on schools can be put into tutors, extra curricular activities and other life encouraging activities. The UK is becoming a poorer society because the poorest have already lost their social mobility, not the better off middle classes. We had friends who instead of sending their daughter to private school which they could just about afford, they engaged her with music tuition, horse riding, girl guides and many other things that enhance a childs future.

But as you say yourself, state schools in your area are very good. Not everyone can say that, and perhaps some of those people are the ones who choose private schools. A real case of ‘I’m alright, Jack!’ there, nice…

Unfortunately in our area the best state schools are in very very expensive areas and I imagine that is only going up from here.

Key words : “where i live” @BIWI

We were funding it anyway. Oh, and when he was in his leafy prep, you were funding state primaries. So thanks for that. XX

Then you should count your blessings. When I told my children's state primary that I was moving them to an independant school, 2 of the teachers told me that they would do the same if they had kids and that most days all that they actually did was crowd control. It was an awful place

Oh yay- @Aladdinzane is back in one of these threads defending the policy with the aggression of an mma fighter. Well done you

I mean, come on, who would send their child to a state school if they could afford not to? Generally, the majority are full of feral kids who haven’t been parented properly, and visit the result of lazy parenting on others around them. Wouldn’t we all give our kids the best start in life we could if we could afford it? And if you say you wouldn’t, because of your ‘principles’, then shame on you…. Disclaimer - mine went to state school, and despite the school being the pits, turned out okay. But many don’t.

Thats great news - where do you live so we can all Move into your area? Just aswell you have a
Good school for your kids as you sound, quite frankly, a bit dim with that comment!

The irony being that these ‘very good’ state schools are usually good because they’re populated by pupils whose parents have cottoned on how good they are and buy up the houses in the catchment area, or lie about where they live, to get places there.

Me.

HTH.

This post is so ignorant.

I could afford to but don't. There is no need because our school is better than the private.

Feral kids? Lol

I can't understand the bitterness on this thread. How does it affect you if other people choose to prioritise and pay for education instead of big cars and holidays?

You're applauding the additional costs on fee paying schools but it will be added on to uni and college fees too and will you still be smirking and gleeful then?

We have an outstanding state school and catchment has no effect as it's not the priority criteria. I know we aren't the only ones.

According to the gov.uk site, only 27% of state secondary schools are at capacity.

Thank you.

Kinda blows a hole in that argument then!

Greece did impose 23% VAT on school fees but it resulted in many of the things people are warning will happen if VAT is introduced here so they reversed it. Greece is really not the argument for VAT that you think it is.

Indeed - as did Keir Starmer. There is not a chance in hell
He would of moved to a catchment with a failing school

Add in all the extra tutoring to bring the kids up to scratch which distorts the real picture.

I am sick to back teeth with these
Politicians! They really actually are part of one huge sharade! 😡

I’m wrong. It’s 23%

I think there is a whiff of ha ha serves u right to these kinds of posts tbh
.if everyone at private suddenly went to the state .just more pressure on places.lots of people for many reasons make a sacrifice to send dc fee paying. Keir and his ilk are full of hot air .Will be worth seeing what happens when they are elected!

It's a combination of cost of living, wage stagnation, fees going up above inflation (to pay for the increase in teachers' pension contributions, but Labour won't tell you that bit), and now the prospect of a very hefty tax. People made the choice before the pandemic and couldn't have foreseen all of that. There's also the issue that many people HAVE planned for a change in their circumstances, and now they're going to have to spend all of that, and will be in trouble if their circumstances change.

Im not familiar with this educational system but why would anyone be rubbing their hands with glee over this increase. is this not just another way of ensuring that only the exceedingly rich (1%) will be able to access superior educational opportunity while the rest of us chavs are put firmly in our place.

Wow horrendous goading here.

My partner said earlier hes gone full circle and might vote Tory. I looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Apparently he’s thinking he doesn’t want them to have a strong majority. Reading this thread I am thinking I might join him tbh. Because this is clearly a class war. Nothing to do with maths teachers.

I'm guessing Teentaxidriver has probably noticed before that she pays taxes!

That comment doesn't sound dim at all. It's simply the truth surely.