If someone offered to pay for private schooling, would you take up the offer?

[janiesmith10]

If someone offered to pay for private schooling - primary and secondary - would you take up the offer? Freely paid for. No strings attached.

Yes, as long as I’d ascertained they had the funds for it.
After visiting several private schools they’re such a marked improvement on state!

Yes!

Being on Mumsnet for over 13 years has taught me there's very rarely no strings attached, no matter what the person with the money claims!

No

No.

This.

I would be wary, there usually are strings attached. It would also depend which schools were local to you, some private schools are awful and some states are excellent.

Not primary, I think my sons got more from being in a very mixed SEN / Cultural environment.

But for my eldest son I would have considered it for high school. My younger son I wouldn't have as, again, he gets a lot more than just education. But my eldest is exceptionally bright and I think would have really benefited from a wider curriculum (and tells us, regularly, all the wonderful things he could study at 6th form if we sent him private!).

It’s a completely hypothetical situation. Let’s say the money dropped from heaven- came from God. Absolutely no strings attached. Free money. Private school of your choice for all your children.

Yes

No, for starters I don't agree with private education but also there are no private schools near us so the kids would have to travel out of the area which I wouldn't like.

Yes DD got into a selective girls school but couldn't take up the place as they werent offering scholarships as it was 2020.
Excellent teaching, great behaviour, challenging curriculum and most importantly classes of around 20.

DD is high achieving but struggles in the mainstream school environment as it's too loud, too much poor behaviour and she has autism.

no... i would want my children to feel equal too their school friends! i assume, and im sure MN will put me right, but private schools are usually full of well off children from well off families.. how out of place my children would feel as they come from a council estate and i can't afford ponies or fancy holidays every year for them.

Yes, absolutely. Huge difference

but thats not what you origianlly asked... you asked if someone offered to pay for private schooling..

now you are saying a 'windfall'... 2 very different scenario's

Yes. They did. I did. No strings attached. It worked out incredibly well and the people who helped fund DC are delighted with how they are faring now.

We, in turn, part fund a full bursary for a child going to that school, now that DC have left.

The state schools around us are good and my child is settled at a nice primary. So no. But I would think differently if the schools were poor or my child had additional needs.

No. I would instead ask to out the money to their future such as uni fees, or a mortgage.
I also wouldn't want them to potentially be friends with people like Johnson, Sunak or Rees-Mogg. I know not all private school kids are like those vile people but not many awful people like that are.

Your AIBU doesn’t make sense OP.

No because we can afford it ourselves and our DC are having a lovely time at their comp. If it was different then my answer would probably be different. State schools aren’t always the drudgery they’re made out to be on here.

Nope, my DS was in private until mid year 5. It wasn’t working for him. He is now in an autism unit in mainstream secondary. The independent schools where we are just aren’t the right fit place for him, neither is the local grammar as he would have easily passed the 11 plus. He isn’t sporty at all and there isn’t the same flexibility in our local independents as he gets at the state school. DH and I were both state school educated. All the drama on here about upcoming VAT is laughable. If you can’t afford private, you can’t afford it.

No. I fundamentally believe it is wrong for the children of the poor and rich to be separated. And neither do I think it makes for a good rounded education for either.

No. We live up the road from the local primary and secondary school and my kids can walk there with friends. The nearest private school is a 25 min car journey- longer in rush hour. Also my kids are educated through the medium of welsh and there are no welsh medium private schools that I know of

No. We could afford private but have chosen state for a number of reasons. I was privately educated (on a scholarship) and did not have a good experience. I also have several friends who say the same (they went to different private schools to me, in a different area of the country) and have also decided against privately educating their DC for this reason. I know plenty of very successful adults who were state educated. Both of my DC have SEND but the provision they are receiving at their state school is excellent.

Depends on the state schools where I lived, and if they were very good, my chances of getting a place at them.