If money wasnt an issue

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Swan2019 · 01/10/2025 09:20

Would you send your kids privately?

Struggling with the decision. We have a good local state school and are in catchment, it's enormous though. I feel that they'll survive it rather than do brilliantly there.

Have inherited enough money to send kids privately without worrying about it.

Would you do it? Is it worth it?

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oldwhyno · 01/10/2025 09:38

well we did, even though money wasn't exactly "no object", and there have been sacrifices. No regrets.

Have you been to any open days? what are you hoping the money will really buy you?

Op1n1onsPlease · 01/10/2025 09:27

It really depends on the local school options.

In my case the local comp is outstanding and top sets get excellent results, not much sport or music and no fancy facilities, but we can sort that for the kids outside school. Local private has all the bells and whistles but isn’t top tier academically (though costs the same as the top London schools) - I suspect my kids would achieve the same results in either school. They’d have a more cushy experience in private but as against that it might be held against them in future. On balance we will go with the comp.

If we lived near one of the elite privates and my kids had a chance getting in, or if their local state was bad as opposed to just big, it would be a different decision.

In your case it doesn’t sound like the state is bad and your money is probably better spent giving them lovely experiences outside school and setting them up with a house deposit later.

Kitchenbattle · 01/10/2025 09:26

Well, there’s no private schools in my area so I don’t have an option, but I probably wouldn’t. And I wouldn’t move for it either. I would probably spend the money on extra tutoring outside of school, etc.

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