Eton admissions

I was at university with a boy who had four brothers and they were all there (as has he been). From prep school upwards. He was a great bloke as well.

Jeepers!

Yes it's a whack load of money. To put it in context for us, I still get full child benefit as neither my dh or I earn over 50k per year.
We have saved all of our lives for school fees. This is our priority.

Wow! I really admire parents who put their children to the best education they can afford, whatever that may be. Thats a huge amount of money, seriously well done. Ours go to a school that costs 1% of that! We are still skint : )
Id imagine the Eton fees are the tip of the iceberg too, there is probably loads more to pay for besides. I have seen Eton on tv and it looks really great. Best of luck to all of your kids wherever they go to school.

3luckystars - I think it's about 13k per term. We are also looking at a midlands boarding school (I think I may prefer this one as it offers a similar outlook but without the potential Eton 'millstone' effect) - Oundle - which is 11 or 12k per term.
Over 5 years, the Eton premium is equivalent to one or two terms fees, tops.
I see this as an investment in my DS's personal development and his potential career aspirations/choices if he excels more here than elsewhere being amongst like minded driven boys.

Ok so I've double checked what I actually emailed across to Eton.
I asked when letters of acceptance/rejection were being sent out regarding 2019 interviews held in October.
The response was short and sweet: they will be sent out by 18th December.
So 6 days hence and we should expect either a nice,fat A4 envelope or a sad little A5 one ... by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week I'd say so by 21st Dec.

Can I ask something really nosey (and I understand if it's private and you don't want to.) How much does it cost to go there ?
Is it the dearest school in the world?

I think it's the end of November they get together to decide which boys to make offers too.

Parents are informed a week or so later. I suspect we'll hear sometime this week depending on the efficiency of post!
I hadn't given it much thought until the last day or so. Now I'm starting to feel nervous. DS has no idea the results are due.

I think the date is more to do with when the Eton half ends. School closes on Wednesday, the admissions committee gets together after that and thrash through all the boys they have interviewed, and decide who will get offers.

I'm sure the current heads are informed, but they wouldn't expect to pass that information on, i don't think. However, when DS was promoted from the wait list it was our own Head who rang to tell us.

Outsourcing parenting

Good luck everyone. Seems no one has heard yet.
Let's hope we all get a large A4 letter in the post this week
I'll let you know if I hear anything.

Of course boarding schools exist in order for parents to outsource!

Naturally. I'm ready to be done with this parenting lark, frankly.

Of course boarding schools exist in order for parents to outsource! That is their very raison d'etre!

And I've no idea when the Heads find out or what they are told either.

No I've not asked our head. If it isn't good news (probably!) I'd rather quietly find out at home than in his office!
Likewise if it's good news then I'd rather be at home.
From my respobse from the admissions office (Eton) it did sound like they were posting out end of this coming week not the start.
I rather think they are done to coincide with finishing term and not being at school.
When someone receives their letters, can they post on here so the rest of us know when to expect. We are ridiculously rural that we will probably be a day or so after those in the South.

Has anyone asked their head? I don't really want to ask.

We're waiting, fingers crossed.

The 19th seems ridiculously late.

Outsourcing parenting??!
As in you think there are thousands upon thousands of parents out there who get pregnant, bringing up their babies until they reach 9/11/13 and think whoopee, now I can outsource their parenting as I didn't much want to do it in the first place?
Parents of children who board are just the same as parents of day pupils only for them, they have decided upon a different course of action to you. Like al decisions we make, the decision for a child to board is done out of love.

Fair enough. I always think boarding school seems a bit like outsourcing the parenting of your child, but it clearly works wonders for some people.

Regarding boarding school, in my DS case, it's more of a case of me having to find good reasons for him not to go to boarding school! He currently boards weekly and prefers to stay at school rather than come home. Why? Because home is chore compared to school life. Home means a slower pace of life. School is nonstop from 8.15am until 7.30pm every day. School means training for national champs (and winning), school means living with talented, driven boys who want to excel in everything they do. School (24/7) means a fulfilled life which a day school cannot offer in our opinion. This is based on the school's we have in our area (very rural).
Boarding school is a financial and personal sacrifice I make as a parent because my DS thrives there. No Brainer.