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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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SabrinaThwaite · 13/06/2024 20:59

Allfur · 13/06/2024 20:56

So you think all people who don't agree with private school are jealous? how very enlightened

Have we had ‘politics of envy’ yet?

Barefootsally · 13/06/2024 20:59

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 19:54

that is tough.

Ooooooooh finished sucking lemons OP? 😂

elastamum · 13/06/2024 20:59

Just because you can drive doesn't mean you can choose any school you want. You do understand catchments? Many rural kids are at the bottom of the list for just about anywhere.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:59

1/5 more isn't masses more. Or is a Top 20 State School GCSE different...

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EweCee · 13/06/2024 21:00

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:58

@EweCee - weren't PE parents planning to mass apply for places and then not take them up. Which wouldn't matter anyway as they'd then be vacant..

Maybe?? But that’s a tactic not a sweeping judgement and nastiness of anyone in state schools… not quite the same thing that I was commenting on.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:00

Yes, but there's so few children here. There's spaces. Average house price 400k

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Againname · 13/06/2024 21:00

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 20:54

There are some excellent state schools.

Something estate agents are well aware of. They price up houses near good state schools.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:01

That tactic fails to understand how school admissions work.

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Aladdinzane · 13/06/2024 21:01

@EweCee

"it’s not come from the private school parents"

I think this may be a case of confirmation bias.

There have been veiled threats, snide remarks about how much they care more about their children's education, even one or two threads where PE parents were conspiring to try to overwhelm state school applications services with unneeded applications.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:01

It wouldn't overwhelm anything. PAN is still set to 30,

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Willyoujustbequiet · 13/06/2024 21:01

CoralReader · 13/06/2024 19:56

State schools are bad, that’s also tough.

Some are.

Some are excellent and better than private.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:02

My school sent 2 a year to Oxford. Working till 03.00 was such fun.

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Screamingabdabz · 13/06/2024 21:02

Allfur · 13/06/2024 20:50

Are you suggesting state parents don't want the best for their children

Yes that’s the hypocrisy isn’t? ‘Op you are sooo nasty and unkiiiind and horrible to those poor children who will have their WHOLE lives ruiiiineed wah wah…’. But ignore the massive immorality and ‘unkindness’ of buying privilege for their children in the first place.

Shiremum40 · 13/06/2024 21:02

insidenumber9 · 13/06/2024 20:55

It’s 20%. My service charge rose by that this year. It is indeed, as the op puts it, tough! Build a bridge and get over it!

How much is your service charge?

Is it £40,000?

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:02

Doesn't every parent want the best for their child?

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SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 13/06/2024 21:03

It is a luxury to be able to buy a premium education, so of course it should be taxed. The current situation has many middle class voters electing governments that have repeatedly slashed state education funding because their kids don’t go to state schools. Now we will all be in it together and will hopefully vote for a government that will properly fund public services like state schools, the NHS, social housing, disability benefits and so on.

It’s a long term win to have the majority of parents all with skin in the game.

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 21:03

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:02

Doesn't every parent want the best for their child?

Decent people don't wish ill on other children.

Againname · 13/06/2024 21:03

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:00

Yes, but there's so few children here. There's spaces. Average house price 400k

@TiredMumE is there good availability of social housing where you are? Because £400K homes are out of reach for a lot of families.

One of the best ways to address inequality (educational and in general) is through provision of social housing, that's evenly spread out across every area to ensure genuinely mixed communities and schools.

Snuffkincamehome · 13/06/2024 21:04

EweCee · 13/06/2024 20:56

I’ve said it before at the beginning of these types of threads and I’ll say it again: the vitriol is only going one way on these threads and despite what state school parents think and say, it’s not come from the private school parents…..

yes, ps parents are questioning the policy and worrying about finances - but they are not pouring the scorn, judgement, vitriol and downright nastiness at state school parents and children which is being levied against them that I’m reading on here again and again.

it’s sad - but exactly what the politicians want, pitting people against each other whilst the actual policy benefits no-one but them.

It's blatant envy.

mamaison · 13/06/2024 21:04

Moving schools can be a massive deal for children with SEN.

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:04

Until recently, we had social housing to spare.

Other counties have sent their homeless her and last 2 years no stock. Very few left.

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TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:05

here even

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ShouldhavebeencalledAppollo · 13/06/2024 21:05

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:04

Until recently, we had social housing to spare.

Other counties have sent their homeless her and last 2 years no stock. Very few left.

What are you classing as recently?

Blarneytalk · 13/06/2024 21:05

TiredMumE · 13/06/2024 21:04

Until recently, we had social housing to spare.

Other counties have sent their homeless her and last 2 years no stock. Very few left.

You read the daily mail, don't you?

SabrinaThwaite · 13/06/2024 21:05

Snuffkincamehome · 13/06/2024 21:04

It's blatant envy.

Oh, so close!

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