Got a place at private school and got a place in state school

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When do I need to tell the state school he is joining? I want to wait as one of us might lose our jobs (contractors), however that isn't fair is it? What would you do?

I'd wait untill the last minute

Everyone else would.. don't shoot yourself in the foot

Thank you for all the replies. Just to clarify a few things

· My DS got second choice, not first. If he got first, it would have been a harder decision
· We have enough savings to cover the fees for all the 7 years so not really an issue but what if we have another pandemic etc? 5 month is quite a while still. But that will always be a risk.
· We accepted the offer to the private school and paid the deposit, however the welcome pack is coming after easter holidays they said so don’t think we are in a bound contract…yet

We have decided that when we get our welcome pack and have signed the contract, we will relinquish that state school place. The state school have already sent an email inviting us to a get together to get to know the other children/parents that are also joining in September. We don’t think its fair that they may have a few of these and we are potentially stopping a child getting to know his fellow classmates.

OP we are more likely to have epidemics than pandemics.

The issue at the moment is the state of the economy. This has implications for private schools as well as your work.