are there any teachers out there who send there dc's to private school?

[freakazoidroid]

i just wondered about this? What are your reasons? We have a choice between a satisfactory state primary or going the private route. Just woukd be interested in some professional opinions.

Yes, I do.

Because I teach in the same private school.

There is a perfectly good (better than good I think) state primary school 50 yards from my front door but it would be impossible for me to send my girls there because it starts at 9am, finishes at 3.15pm and has no wraparound care. My school starts at 8.30am, finishes at 4.40pm and I have to work at least two nights to 9pm (boarding school) to pay for our housing.

So my choice of private school is mainly practical rather than educational.

Having said that, I do like the small class sizes, acres of woods and playing fields, freedom from the national curriculm, daily sports sessions, lack of slavish adherence to health and safety and quality/range of extra curricular activities too!

Yes I do (for the same reasons as Manic). They are teenagers now and it has worked out very well so far. The first few years were hard when they were small but it got easier.

I do - teach in state sector, kids in private,
because : local state schools very poor indeed (think 3 heads in 4 years, governing body sacked enmasse to be replaced by interim body, poor behaviour outside school, poor results, little aspiration)
but also no wrap around care, and it still matters even in the early years of secondary - at their current school i drop them off at 7.45 am before heading off to work for shortly after 8, they can have a second breakfast, go to ict rooms, or chill with friends in the common rooms. If they were in local state sector they would be waiting for public bus, followed by on arrival at school being locked outside for another 25 mins.
My own outstanding state secondary has breakfast club but no such joy here

Yes.

I have had my five children in private schools, now four as one is at university.

I do it because it is the best I can do for my children.

I know of several and for lots of different reasons.

I a a qualified teacher but no longer teach. I now work as a TA in a state primary school. I have always taught in state schools also.

My 9y DD goes to a private prep school and is likely to remain in the independent sector for secondary.

We chose the school for many reasons having visited several schools beforehand in both sectors. We chose the school that we best felt suited our DD and our situation/circumstances at the time. It was a joint decision between myself and my DH - my DH is not a teacher. Both DH and myself went to state schools and did well from it. Some of the reasons for us at the time - wrap around care that the state options for us did not (and still don't) offer, smaller class sizes and smaller school overall, a really nice lovely "feel" to it - gut instinct payed a huge part tbh. Local state school is rated as a very good school, but it just didn't feel quite right for us at the time of visiting. We do not regret our decision in any way.

I'm admin in a state school and I send DS to an independent.

2 teachers at my school also do this (although they keep very quiet about it). One because her husband teaches there so I assume they get reduced fees, and the other did state till 13, then private 13-18 for her 2 DC's because her catchment high school has a terrible reputation.

You will get some criticism from a few other teachers if you do this, (I do and I'm not even a teacher!). A bit like real-life Mumsnet