I have twins in Yr 5 in Primary School and recently (in the past 2 years) there are just so many things to pay for. I appreciate that the school are taking the children out to do things but it’s all at a cost to the parents that we just cannot afford easily in these pricy times. This is a state school. Not private btw.
last term we paid for:
music lessons x2 = £130
forest school x2 = £40 (plus £100 ish worth of weather appropriate clothing)
residential x2 = £300 (plus all the stuff they needed)
costumes for school play = £40 ish
so like £700 ish
this upcoming term already we have paid
music lessons x2 = £130
weekly ice skating x2 = £130
Sherwood forest trip x2 = £60
so another £300+ already before the term has even started
Is this normal? How are people affording this. Like I said - I’m glad for the children they get to do this stuff but I don’t like the assumption that everybody will just happily keep paying for whatever the school decide to arrange.
if you’re entitled to school meals I think you get it all paid for but we don’t qualify even though we aren’t high earners.
we haven’t done anything really over the Easter hols because I literally have had £100 left to last me 2 weeks. Could have done with that £300 I’ve just had to pay really 😂
Is this normal now for primary schools or is our school unusual for this?