To skint us all by sending DC to private school?

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One DC is at private school. This is because they have SEN and was really struggling at local comp. This was before the VAT issue. That DC is absolutely flourishing.

Next DC has no SEN and started at the local comp last year. Is not having a great time at all, it’s a really poor school in many ways and this DC has gone from happy and high achieving, to unhappy and failing academically in 12 months.

I want to send this DC to the private school too, where I know they will thrive like their sibling. But with the VAT it will be an incredible stretch for our family and I don’t know what to do. I have one happy child in a good school doing well, and one unhappy child in a crap school not doing well.

I hate Kier Starmer and I hate Rachel Reeves. Their spiteful tax hasn’t punished any of the rich families. But I’ve been homeless and my husband and I have grafted since our teenage years, and it’s bloody punishing us.

What on earth do I do?

YANBU - find a way and send them
YABU - keep one child in the local comp and let them keep failing

Yes
1.5 bn
What have you got against Latin?
And fuck off yourself

If you can afford £33k a year
on private school then you are a rich family. I only earn £19k a year!!

Wow you must be rich

There is no such thing as “to skint” us.

We were the same op. My dc's are dyslexic and needed full time support with their learning. I live in an area where the grammer and private schools are amazing but main stream arent great at all. Our local school closed down and most around our area are over subscribed so we new our dc's would of failed.
We put the costs on our mortgage and it helped with the 10%discount. We asked for a Bursary and they gave us an additional 10% off which did help a little.
My oldest dc's is at university and she received good grades with her gcse's and A-levels. The school helped with how she process her learning with flash cards, coloured paper, extra time in exams, etc. If you can, it will be worth the costs in the long run, not only for your dc's learning but also their confidence.

mumumental · Today 09:37
There is no such thing as “to skint” us

It’s obvious what the op meant.

Gertrude whatever your name is.

It's taking pressure of the state system. Try working it out using basic maths.

I went to a private school. It was awful. I came from a poor working class background. Obviously all my friends went to a state school. They've all done fine. The education I received in O-level subjects wasn't notably better than the state school, and the education in entitlement never jelled with me. My partner grew up in a country with no private schools and their parents were school governors putting time and effort into helping turn around a school in a poor area. It's a brilliant school now (and my partner is doing the same on the board of our kids school). Private schools just steal away opportunity, reduce social diversity, and suck money from the middle classes.