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Never mind uniform, £120 Y7 invoice before we even start!

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oneoffdeepcleanout · 05/08/2018 10:38

£50 to hire a locker for 5 years, £10 photocopying card, £40 for a team building excursion in the first week, etc, etc, bill comes to £120 in total. Plus a begging letter for regular contributions to school funds because they have a big deficit.

Not sure what to make of it all really. We'll pay up, but with a heavy heart. So sad that state schools have been reduced to this.

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AlexanderHamilton · 05/08/2018 13:51

Lockers at ds’s school are £10 per year. I paid it & he never used it as they are inconveniently located so I’m not paying this year.

He does pay £10 for a bike locker though.

Will he be using the school photocopier? I have free copying at home & work. Printer credits can be bought & topped up as & when but school printers are rarely used.

We do pay £10 per year D & T contribution.

IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 05/08/2018 13:19

I think you should email the school and point out that this is a bit excessive, given that he hasn't even started there yet.
My dc's school always put hwk online so we printed it off at home, so I'd not be inclined to pay for a photocopying card. £50 for a locker is a piss taking amount too. And kids don't need £40 team building exercises in week one. They will make friends regardless - if the school wants to indulge thrmselves with that crap, thry should pay for it. Week one is for sorting out timetables and finding your way around the canteen.
Schools can be a bit free with parents' money, sometimes.

MigGril · 05/08/2018 13:14

I think we have been very luckly so far in paying so little towards our children's education. The state of the current budget sistuation means though that more schools will be asking for help. Maybe the children will look after equipment better if provide for by their parents. I'm slightly fedup of picking up pens, glue and scissor off the class room floors.

Walkingdeadfangirl · 05/08/2018 13:07

Oh and photocopying? My DC has just finished 5 years of secondary and never needed to use a photocopier once. I cant imagine schools providing photocopiers for pupils to use for whatever they want.

Walkingdeadfangirl · 05/08/2018 13:04

Our school has just outsourced their locker provision to a private company. To book one its £22 a year. £50 for five years sounds like a bargain. And of course you dont really need a locker so its an optional extra.

RedSkyLastNight · 05/08/2018 12:46

The locker fee seems excessive and hard to justify (ours is a £10 deposit which you get back if you don't lose your key).
Photocopying is normal.
£40 for a trip also seems normal (presumably the trip was optional?)

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 05/08/2018 10:42

Ours ask for a standing order each month...

Clairetree1 · 05/08/2018 10:41

well, photocopying, fair enough - but you shouldn't have a compulsary charge for trip during school hours, that should be voluntary.

Lockers are a new one, unless it is a deposit? Deposits are normal. Will you get it back?