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Grammar vs Private - your thoughts please......

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Confusedpersonified · 17/06/2015 16:01

If you had the choice between a place at a leading independent school with a scholarship and a top grammar school, which would you choose and why? Fees affordable but not insignificant.

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senua · 17/06/2015 17:07

I don't think that generalised questions are very helpful when it comes to schools. You will only get a nuanced answer if you name names.

ZeroFunDame · 17/06/2015 16:41

Has the child already taken and been awarded the scholarship and the grammar school place?Grin

Which do they feel is the greater achievement?

Aethelfleda · 17/06/2015 16:10

Depends on which you think suits your child best. If they were otherwise identical, Grammar school, because there'd be no risk that a change in family circumstances could jeapordise the ability to pay (because even with a scholarship, private schools have many extra expenses: trips, meals, clubs, and lots of the parents will view expensive holidays/clothes/extras as standard. Having said that, many grammars are so coached up that it's the privileged kids who are more likely to get in anyway.