Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

Salary to consider private

202 replies

Duckyneedsaclean · 31/03/2023 15:10

Just wondering at what take home salary you would consider/be able to pay for a private school place?

We were hoping for a bursary but not been granted one - trying to figure out if we can afford full fees.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
5
twistyizzy · 31/03/2023 15:16

We are joint income 130K and have saved up 2 years worth of fees in case of redundancy etc. Without bursary I couldn't see it being affordable on a household income under 80K and not sure that would be comfortable with current rising costs of everything.

MintJulia · 31/03/2023 15:15

I'm a single mum on mid £50s and I pay half fees (about £10k a year including extras) for DS14. It's tight but doable. Only three years to go 🙂