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So have your private school fees been worth it?

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jeanne16 · 25/04/2015 15:29

Just that exactly? Both my DCs have been through private London schools all the way through from Reception to 6th Form and although they have both done very well ( eldest now at Cambridge, younger about to go to very good RG), I can't help wondering if it has been worth the money.

I am currently wondering if we could have done things differently. We have spent an enormous amount of money on school fees that could perhaps have gone on other things. Could we have tried harder to get them into decent state schools, particularly at primary level?

Your thoughts?

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Mindgone · 25/04/2015 16:35

Well we chose state Catholic all the way, and DCs have been very happy, and academically very successful. DH has felt a bit guilty over the years for not putting them through privately, as his parents did for him, but now very happy that we chose as we did.

Trendsetter2000 · 25/04/2015 16:34

I think private school depends on the child. For some it doesn't really benefit them. There's plenty of better state schools than privates schools. From the sound of things, it sounds like you made the right decision to send yours to private schools; it sounds like they've done incredibly well.

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