Private Schools- hear me out before you judge!

@Arran2024 Based on what? The private schools in Edinburgh have already seen huge reductions in people applying and all of the state schools are full. I don't doubt parents will struggle through the next couple of years if kids are doing exams. But what happens in the years to come when the already full state schools are expected to take the kids who would have otherwise used private schools?

I don't think they are just closing due to VAT.

Brexit has pushed up prices for everything

Staffing is problematic

Parents are increasingly demanding

They are not making the profits they once were...

They could choose to fundraise and offset some of the rising costs but of course thst would be a lot of work

@twistyizzy believe me if another independent school had closed in Scotland since August I would have heard about it. I’m in plenty of groups where a big deal would have been made of it.

@twistyizzy believe me if another independent school had closed in Scotland since August I would have heard about it. I’m in plenty of groups where a big deal would have been made of it.

It's a real shame you think that.
93% of kids are not in private schools and at least some of those are getting a good education, my own kids included.

In London, recently a private school announced closure to parents and it was not “in the news”
Not at all surprised that you cannot fact check this … who would be calling BBC, or Guardian and get any interest in this as a “news”

Tbh, the local authority would pay for transport to take your son to and from a mld school. This could even be a daily taxi.

The thing about his IQ levels is that he is firmly in the mld camp. Usually they take children with a score of between 50 and 70. My daughter's is 56.

My experience of working with parents on their child's ehc was that so many fathers in particular really struggled to accept what was happening. Some families moved home eg to Pakistan, India rather than have a diagnosis or a place in a unit or specialist school.

But the children themselves usually love it. They have friends. They can access the curriculum fully. They get to do trips suitable for them.

Yes it's mostly life skills. But kids my daughter went to mld school with have jobs - in Costa, in our local cinema, in nurseries, garden centres, hospitals etc.

It might be worth exploring. I don't know where you might move to but the ehc system is brilliant for yp from 16 to 25. Have a look at your LA Web site under Loxal Offer and see what's available. If you need some support, try your local sendiass team x

Yes there is

Maybe Cedars school in Greenock - an all through Indi school.
Greenock is not that big a town
Although see that was one that announced closure after Labours tax announcement and before they came in to power

They didn’t even get a large number of votes. Only 1 in 3 voters voted for them, suggesting that 2 in 3 voters don’t agree with their policies.

We don't have a mld school near us. We live very rurally. There is a special needs school but it focuses on life skills, not education. That was not our choice 11 years ago. As time has gone on though it has become clearer that this might have been better in the long term. We are in a bot of flux right now. DH was a boarding school boy (Stowe) and wanted Ds to go to boarding school which would have been a disaster. We put Ds in the indy on the understanding he would stay there for as long as it worked for him. TBh I am not 100% sure it will work for him from now going forwards. We do need to really consider it all tbh. But I just don't see our future here in the UK any more and my priority is keeping him safe and well. I want DS to be safe and happy and to get through school in some sort of way.

I don;'t know., I feel confused and helpless a bit

You mean The Telegraph took Guido’s post and regurgitated it?

@decisionsdecisionsdecision how can a state primary be a feeder school for an independent from P4?

VAT on school fees and the removal of ridiculous charity status would I think affect all of us, it would be a fairer set up and I think it’s time adults in the UK started living how we should not how we have. It’s an odd observation because it was presented in a way that sounded like a gleeful gotcha.

I have attended, been a parent in, (and indeed observed in) many different types of educational establishment and probably have a good understanding of many of the concerns expressed over this issue. I think it was a good decision and all our children will be better for it. I know many private school parents are not happy but I suspect for the majority they are going to be pleasantly surprised.

Hint: NOT from Guido
"Labour minister faces an investigation by the sleaze watchdog over claims he failed to declare his 20-year friendship with the author of the report used to justify the Government’s private school tax raid.
Matthew Pennycook has been referred to the parliamentary commissioner for standards for not revealing his close relationship with Luke Sibieta, who wrote the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) paper on Labour’s plans"

But don't let that stop you belittling me

Ok, I get your point.

Here’s a Telegraph article for you instead, which basically reads the same as the Guido one.

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/07/report-used-laboursupport-private-school-vat-close-friend/