Frustrating - Teachers discount

[DonnyDontDoDat]

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone agrees with me on this.
Where I live there is a chain (or Trust) of private schools, they have a couple of senior schools/all through schools, some prep schools and some nursery/pre-schools.
We send our DD to one of the pre-schools, no intention of sending her to the prep school or beyond, but it is open term time only (I work term time only not as a teacher though) and has longer hours than the other term time only options around us and took kids from younger than the other term time only options.
Today I found out that the teachers at any of the schools (Pre-school - Sixth form) get a 50% fee reduction if they work at least 3 days a week or equivalent and 25% if they work less than that at any of the schools, so a sixth form teachers child could be getting 50% fees on pre-school for example. This excludes lunch which is billed separately and the breakfast and late clubs (so 7.30-9 and 3-6).
AIBU to think this is really frustrating? I feel like I'm basically subsidising fees for teachers who aren't even at my child's school?
Why would they do this??

This is normal and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone getting perks from their employer, this is their own. People who work in retail for example get some percentage off as well when they shop, it’s a way of getting the staff to use the service and this perks in turn help to retain staffs, etc. you are not subsidising anyone , you knew what the fees were and you were happy to send your child there, what they do with the money you pay is none of your business.

My friend is a teacher in a private school. All of her children attended state school.

I taught in a private school in Switzerland for almost 20 years. When my children were there, I had a 90% discount so paid 10% of the fees. It meant I could afford for them to go there. Very normal situation.

NCT friend teaches at a very famous, very good private school, and qualifies for her child to go FREE to it, and 2nd to have 80% off And STILL chose to send her kids to state school.
Sometimes it’s not about the money.

why does it make any difference if the kids are not at the same school as the parent? If they're all owned by the same chain then the money goes into/out of the same pot. A teacher at the secondary might have kids at the primary and vice-versa so it would work out the same as if they only got the discount for the school they worked in.

A lot of private schools are 3-18 anyway in which case it would be silly for the child to only get partial funding for half of their school career and then have to drop out, so sounds like they are just replicating the same ethos, and viewing their different schools as different 'sites' but all coming under the same overall chain.

A lot of them do this. It helps drive recruitment and ensure teachers stay in the job for a good number if years. It therefore improves the experience of all pupils.

You do come over a bit self centred to see this however.

What a particularly mean spirited and short sighted post from OP.

I (and my siblings) got a free private education because our parents taught at the school. Whilst I am not ungrateful I honestly think that the school got much more out of it than our family.

• the 100% commitment of 2 excellent teachers for 20+ years including loads of extra curricular and pastoral stuff they both did. My parents were exceedingly valued and well loved by generations of students and were frequently invited to weddings and christenings by ex students. When my mum died despite that no one could attend her lockdown funeral still the streets were lined with people come from far and wide to pay their respects as she had made a difference in so many peoples lives.

• the good publicity of 2 students (my brother and I) getting into Cambridge which was highly unusual for the school which was non selective. Believe me they worked that for years even inviting me back to speak to pupils years after I'd left. Teachers kids tend to be clever and hardworking and an asset to the school

For some kind of tax reason I was required at some point to take an entrance exam and as it turned out I would have easily qualified for a scholarship anyway so I guess I would have had my free education via another route

My colleague's wife works for the railways. He only pays a nominal amount £1.60 per day rather than the £30 I spend.
It's called a perk of the job.

My friend worked in an independent school until recently. Every TA job was staffed by a parent or grandparent there to get the percentage off. Also teaching salaries in independent schools are often lower than the state sector- this is one of the perks. It is similar to the reason I continue to work in the public sector for a wage far lower than my skill set and despite years if stagnant pay- pension, decent sick leave etc.