To think that there would be less anti private school

[Poopoolittlekitten]

sentiment or threads on MN if people using private school were a tiny bit more self aware and didn’t ask for sympathy for rising fees or possible rising fees if Labour take away their false ‘charity’ status?

send your kid private if you want, just don’t come moaning about the costs or claim than anyone can go private if they ‘prioritise’ their child’s education they way you do. Particularly at a time when state school teachers are striking over pay and conditions.
And many, many people are working their socks off just to keep a roof over their family’s head.

YANBU - stop whining and looking for sympathy about your fees!

YABU - my milkman sends his 4 kids private by ‘prioritising’ their education so it’s not just for whiny poshos….

Another day another thread about private schools fees. This topic has been done to death

There'd be less "anti private school" threads if people stopped starting them.

it's tedious as fuck with the same tired out things being said over and over again.

I mean, I've seen about a billion anti private school threads pop up in active and none where parents "ask for sympathy for rising fees or possible rising fees if Labour take away their false ‘charity’ status"

I don't really understand your post and I did go to private school so clearly the education is not always superior 🤣

I wouldn't send my kids and MN is pretty left leaning in general so I don't think it's a shocking that the general consensus is anti private. I also don't agree it's a 'if you prioritise your kids education, you could afford it' situation, I certainly couldn't afford to send my 2. I only ended up in one due to being an only child outside of a cost of living crisis/recession. My parents couldn't have afforded it today.

Prívate school parents are often paying huge amounts of taxes and not even using the system, I don’t get the resentment towards them. We are in the state system but ivf got no gripé towards parents going private

I'd be happier with less complaining and more campaigning for better funded/supported education for all.

‘I mean, I've seen about a billion anti private school threads pop up in active and none where parents "ask for sympathy for rising fees or possible rising fees if Labour take away their false ‘charity’ status"’

should have gone to Specsavers…

No need thanks.

You need to practise your reading comprehension.

This is getting seriously boring now. What can possibly be said on this thread which hasn’t already been said a thousand times on of the dozens of similar threads started over the last month?

I don’t understand the level of anger directed at a set of parents. How come there isn’t similar anger at those who use private healthcare? Your anger should be directed at the current government who aren’t funding any part of the state sector properly.

It’s starting to sound like journos stirring up culture wars now.

Mumsnet is for primarily for parents, rich or poor, and for people to ask for advice or help, rich or poor. There are many threads on here concerning 'first world problems' why don't you go after those posters too?

The focus shouldn't be state vs private, it should be 'how to we get state education to be as good or better than private'. That takes a team effort, parents, children, teachers, admin. DH went to the local comprehensive and got a far better education than I did at a private Catholic school. Why can't every child go to a state school like that?

I'm not anti private school, but could be ever afford the fees. I think people should read the room and moan to people in the same situation as them, not those than never could be. Can be quite annoying if they get so worried about having to withdraw their children to send them to the dreaded state school (where my children are doing well!).

One of my daughter's friends recently started at an independent school and then told her old classmates and parents (at a party) how it was 'so much better than St Thomas', sorry to those of you who still go there'. I had to bite my tongue to not say 'I hope it is for £18k a year!'

I dont have any issues with privste school. I think people should have a choice what they spend their money on
but the phrase that annoys me is

'Not using state education'

We all benefit from a well educated population and society wouldnt function without state educated people doing really essential things like getting drinking water to you home.

Not whinging about it but struggling to see the benefits:

• lots of children will have to move to State putting huge burden on the State sector. There will be no extra funding for these children - because those parents already pay taxes.
• if independent schools close, the outreach and community benefit that many independents offer won’t exist.
• for those that remain open they’ll be no incentive to offer outreach so the community benefit again will lower

BTW - no axe to grind. Have had children in both sectors, who will have moved on by the time this is ‘live. DH teaches in a State school - the differences in quality, funding and leadership within the State sector might be a more useful focus.

Just because their problems aren't relatable to you, it doesn't mean people can't feel worried / uneasy about a potential 20% rise in fees, or in current annual rises which for some schools are extortionate. They're perfectly self aware and know it's not a problem everyone faces, but in a time when everything is rising in cost then everyone has all of their own issues with it.

Mumsnet is an online forum, they're speaking anonymously to people, some of who will be in the same situation. Just don't click on the threads if it annoys you.

Well yes you are correct we should all be campaigning for better education in state schools. They are lots of people who go private because the state option is dismal or for sen. I don’t know why those people are furious they have to pay for something that should be available for them for free.

But you don’t see the same for healthcare because I’ve never seen a post asking for sympathy because of healthcare fees. I have for school fees. Someone was complaining about the rise in fees.

*Aren’t furious

So if someone is complaining about a rise in fees on another thread take it up with them there. No need to start yet another private school bashing thread. It’s beyond tedious now.

I'd bet the nay sayers would put their kid in the school of they were offered a free place.

If the hike in VAT does happen and some people have to move their children into the state sector god help those over subscribed schools in desirable areas. Even less opportunity and more areas where house prices shoot up it’s not a race to the bottom. My son went private I paid out of income no help I couldn’t afford 20% on top as many others can’t.

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I don’t understand the level of anger directed at a set of parents.'

completely missing the point. i have no anger. there is no anger. Only frustration as seeing so many complaining about some 'bias' against them...

'I'd bet the nay sayers would put their kid in the school of they were offered a free place.'

There's already a system in place for that - it's just called 'school'

@Endlesssummer2022 and if you're tired of reading comments on school threads, don't click on a thread and then comment - just walk on by

Another day, another private school bashing thread. Yawn.

Mumsnet is an online forum that attracts people from all socioeconomic groups. Some OPs will have problems you can relate to, others won’t.

You can usually discern what a thread is about from the title. If it doesn’t appeal to you then no one is forcing you to click on it and read it.

I'm amused at all of the posters coming on to tell the OP how boring/tedious her thread is.

Other threads are available if you don't like this one!