Leaving private school for state 6th form - experiences?

Even the unions are starting to express concerns. Although it's partly their fault in the first place!!

Don’t I am truly scared of what is going to happen but that is another thread 😢

Don't worry, CurlewKate will find some way to spin that as a positive 🙄 Labour die hards do a great job in gaslighting.

Lovely Labour.

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Yep. Sure.

Never said anything about policy. It’s a mindset. And it’s an ugly nasty mindset. I’m glad I don’t live in it. Though pissed off we all have to live with it. For now.

Labour policy is more about impacting bursary kids, such as op’s.

Pretty sure it’s not Labour policy that private school candidates should pay overseas student university fees.
Just because somebody says something you disagree with doesn’t mean it’s Labour policy!

The country is already an unproductive mess. I doubt disincentivising those who work hard and pay a lot of tax even more will lead to more money. It typically leads to people working less, taking more up in terms of services or leaving the country. We are already at that unproductive point. When you remove educational choices for the hard working and ambitious, it costs us all dearly. London housing market is crashing, the pound is already in decline. Let’s mess it up even more, shall we? I don’t think so. Sounds more like some unwelcome visitors to the site, yet again, who actually want to harm our country.

Oh, I see, sorry, she was suggesting they should? That seems pretty odd. What about the kids who finished private school without their bursaries being taken away?

You want some U.K. students to pay much more? It’s just so much taking at this point. Can you not offer to stump up more if that’s what you’re after.

The bitterness knows no bounds Chez Labour

So kids from independent schools should pay same price as overseas students? Even though they are UK citizens? Wow, just wow. You are saddling them with double the debt of an average UK resident student just because of a choice their parents made?

No, they don't. Overseas students pay higher fees than UK students.

? My point was about offers made. Simple.

My answer will be private school pupils also pay full fee like overseas students. Simples.

Just a contractual point though, surely they have to give you a full term’s notice (at least) before reducing your bursary. They have changed the fee structure. Or are they arguing that they can do it whenever because you wouldn’t be held to notice periods? It seems very fishy.

MPs taking my taxes! I do not think so. They go to HMRC. Unless you know something I do not know!

Plus loads of people are using tutors now to up grades, to the point you simply cannot judge on school attended anymore anyway.

And there are lots of very expensive houses in East London anyway. How ridiculous! If the unis wanted to make a real difference they could go on school recommendation instead of straight grades. Schools know their pupils best.

I never said they should! I said that they can IF they choose to (see image attached!)
Using your e.g-If they’re whittling down then can easily differentiate between a home in Mayfair and one from East London…it’s not that difficult, so ease up on your sarcasm! A grade 9 from an Independent and a 9 from a state school- they’d likely prefer the State as it shows more resilience. Either way it will always come down to the grades achieved as everyone can get a loan to fund the fees!

The only thing that is laughable is your response. Please don’t respond back unless you can post without sarcasm or rudeness. Just so we’re clear, you don’t work for any university nor do you represent any!

Finally, I would suggest you talk w your MP abt your taxes if you are this unhappy & not to mums on the internet- they’re the ones that take most of it after all!

The hilarious thing is that unis are falling over themselves to make offers to foreign students, who pay much higher fees.

Do any of the ‘private school parents are bad’ mafia give a shit about that? Are they campaigning to stop those rich foreign students from their significant % of uni places?

*It's ok we know the answer.

“Let’s not pretend that most of this info cannot be easily sourced! Uni’s will ask for G.C.S.E’s results and from what school/type. They’ll also have your home address…so if they choose to deep dive on their selection of candidates then they will & will make judgements based on what they have.
Their aim is to see who is the most resilient and who will thrive considering their academic path to date. All whilst filling their diversity quota!”

@555Stars - are you suggesting university admissions staff should start stalking people’s home addresses on sold house prices on right move? Commi style? All rich excluded from higher tier uni education?

Completely laughable, especially given that most unis send begging letters to be remembered in rich people’s wills. It is just really quite naive.
They tickbox to the extent they are required to. Just like everyone else. So give them have a chance to tickbox, they do it. It is precisely why people can game the system. If you call it that. But why exactly should those who paid the most tax have their kids excluded in the first place? Does not really make sense.

I have read it as he is finishing year 10 rn and his bursary has been halved, to 50%, for year 11.

The op is concerned, or has actually been told, that it will be zero from year 12. Have I got that right @WomensRightsRenegade ?

Just to add to the excellent advice here, music ensembles at a high level are offered at uni, and not just to music students. Dd had very positive discussions at Birmingham and Warwick (which doesn’t even offer a music degree!)

Will @WomensRightsRenegade share which year her son is about to start?

Stop clouding the issue with facts @ThisTicklishFatball !!

👏👏 well said