AIBU to question rising private school fees amid declining GCSE results

That is racist.

What does the bot think about the Peckham MP? And their rise to cabinet in just over 2 years?

A few … emojis and spelling errors fool nobody!

I mean come on, a cup back emoji - hehe.

MN is a private company and can do what it likes

The mums in local circles have used UV permanent markers for items this year. So it’s going to be interesting.

There’s a paradox here let me explain,

Most know academia doesn’t pay,

Those who dedicate their lives to teaching know it’s not well paid whether school or uni. The pursuit of higher education comes, often with great student debt.

Often teachers, professors even can be working whilst still paying off student loans.

It’s the “academics” or those who believe they’re of superior education who will often correct on mumsnet. They can be entitled and obnoxious. The problem is more often than not these “academics” have chosen to teach not do. They often lack the funds or the finance to pay for these institutions.

More often than not a humble business owner perhaps with basic education will be financially superior as they chose to DO, not teach.

Theres a society of old school “academics” holding onto these independent institutions with a vice like grip yet, They cannot afford them.

We’re moving into a technological era where education is open to all for low cost. Education is increasingly not only for high society, it’s accessible, universal.

There is poverty within independent education just as there is wealth within state school.

Your own independent articles and data are testament to that Fact. The world has changed and it is private school being left behind, drowning in debt and financial burden.

Private school GCSE decline.

What happened? Is this an example of what’s to come?

Fees are rising well beyond inflation annually yet, results are in decline.

State schools prioritising, ‘reserving seats’ in house for 6th Form. Risky investment?

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/gcse-results-day-2026-6-key-trends-from-this-years-data/

it is a bot with multiple user names that is being trained in the supposed art of ahem non nuanced female debate and is also being used to suss out online user engagement. It has been on multiple threads but the lingo it uses can be spotted a mile off.

it is a bot with multiple user names that is being trained in the supposed art of ahem non nuanced female debate and is also being used to suss out online user engagement. It has been on multiple threads but the lingo it uses can be spotted a mile off.

I wonder where Sidedoors has gone? 🧐

I think it’s refreshing to just understand that education is fluid. So many different ways to gain the qualifications.

„Others especially British, based in UK fiercely protect “British standards” British heritage and culture and insist their children are exposed to that as foundation.“

@bedtimeaudible - you are talking out of your hat again and not following any of the nuances in the actual educational press. Telegraph is considered a foreign controlled click bait rag full of cliches.

On the ground there is extensive debate as to what texts and versions of history children should be taught given eg over 40 per cent non white in London with mused heritage, birth etc
one thing is clear- in UK politicians are given far too much control over health and education which they then use to further their own political football games at the expense of our children. In real life I don’t know a single person who works in education who doesn’t think that. Covid was the epitome of the absurdity of the control they exercise and nobody is going to forget that. Add in the absurdity of student loans and things like the private school VAT the one thing that is clear is that most will demand more autonomy not less.

„Others especially British, based in UK fiercely protect “British standards” British heritage and culture and insist their children are exposed to that as foundation.“

@bedtimeaudible - you are talking out of your hat again and not following any of the nuances in the actual educational press. Telegraph is considered a foreign controlled click bait rag full of cliches.

On the ground there is extensive debate as to what texts and versions of history children should be taught given eg over 40 per cent non white in London with mused heritage, birth etc
one thing is clear- in UK politicians are given far too much control over health and education which they then use to further their own political football games at the expense of our children. In real life I don’t know a single person who works in education who doesn’t think that. Covid was the epitome of the absurdity of the control they exercise and nobody is going to forget that. Add in the absurdity of student loans and things like the private school VAT the one thing that is clear is that most will demand more autonomy not less.

I don’t understand this point. Surely if you can’t pay you can’t pay? Why do you have to be ‘extra’ unable to pay?

I have a friend who tried to do this for her child. Hard to replace a teacher with an online course. Also finding an exam centre that takes on private candidates to sit exams is hard. And I think private candidates don't have the coursework option (not sure about this).

Independent schools (bar those in London who are wealthy) their revenue source comes directly from fee payers.

If their internal benefits bill has already reached its highest ever handout 1/3 of families in hardship how long can this last? Families paying more in annual fee hikes to subsidise 1/3 on benefits. Bursary should be means tested for disadvantaged in society earned under test criteria. This 1/3 is not going to charitable cause. It’s going to middle class friends of the administration who cannot afford the fees.

And by the way I am pissed that the State ordains from the top exactly what my kids should be learning and how they should think because they are subjected to a mandatory national curriculum. Like most people with a proper higher education I teach my kids to challenge both the national curriculum and the political dogma/brainwashing behind it. You can do that even if you can’t afford private school. I still fully support m my DC state schools as they don’t get a choice but to rigidly implement whatever nonsense the Patriarchal system of DFE and ofsted overlords them with.