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Private school fees

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sandwoman · 29/06/2008 22:06

I'm looking into private school for DS for when he starts secondary. The website says £2747 per term, is this from September to July? a full school year or half a year?

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Loshad · 10/07/2008 19:27

Ogden has done that quite a bit though UQD, he's funded loads of full fee paid places at a number of fee paying schools. My ds2 has one such lad in his class, came from a very rough primary in the dog end of town, not only is he super bright, nice lad but also appears to be talented at anything he chooses to try at (eg sport etc) full marks to anyone who funds/part funds such opportunities.

UnquietDad · 08/07/2008 16:06

If I were a billionaire philanthropist I'd be setting up superbly-equipped schools, with no religious or other agenda, for bright kids whose parents don't wish to educate them in the state system but for whom school fees would be a laughably unlikely luxury.

I don't mean "poor" people either - I'm thinking of all the people who work in the public sector and in creative industries, on salaries of say £35k and under.

They would be unashamedly academically elitist, with entry at 11 judged not on tests but on academic performance over the previous year, and with no fees, funded entirely through philanthropic donations.

I know, cloud-cuckoo-land. But the ghastly state of education today has me wishing this kind of thing existed.

Quattrocento · 01/07/2008 22:33

It's pricey because this will not include extras. Extras mean the following:

Uniform (around £500-£600 to get DS kitted out at first go - there might be a second hand shop though)

Music lessons (around £15-20 a week)

Meals (some schools include, some don't but taking them is almost invariably compulsory)

School trips (day trips compulsory but also "optional" school type holidays in Italy or France or Germany - usually a skiing trip a year too)

There might be some form of assistance available though - worth looking into

LadyMuck · 01/07/2008 22:28

Also fees go up in April next year for the following academic year (starting in September)

smartiejake · 01/07/2008 22:23

Don't think this is all you will be paying either! There are loads of hidden extras they don't always tell you about till you get the bill. Things such as dinner supervision fees, stationary, insurance etc.

katiekkrruunncchh · 29/06/2008 22:11

Has the school gone to a 6 term year? Worth checking!

fuzzywuzzy · 29/06/2008 22:10

if it says per term I would imagine the full years fees would be £8,241

Lilymaid · 29/06/2008 22:09

Three terms per year, therefore three times £2747 = £8241 per year.

Orinoco · 29/06/2008 22:08

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Bink · 29/06/2008 22:08

? term means term - 3 a year - (1) September - December; (2) January - Easter; (3) April - July. So a full school year will be £2747 x 3 ... not much short of £9,000.

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