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Poll? State or fee-paying schooling for your primary children?

247 replies

ArsumLardis · 09/04/2006 08:57

State for us.
I don't want to start a debate (other threads for that!), just wondering where the percentage lies. tia

OP posts:
threebob · 09/04/2006 08:58

Fence sitting at the moment. Currently don't think any school will be good enough for ds Wink.

Blandmum · 09/04/2006 09:00

fee paying for my two

roisin · 09/04/2006 09:03

State for us

KristinaM · 09/04/2006 09:05

state

brimfull · 09/04/2006 09:05

state

LIZS · 09/04/2006 11:07

private

hulababy · 09/04/2006 11:08

DD starts private prep school in September.

serenity · 09/04/2006 11:26

State

FairyMum · 09/04/2006 11:31

State

Pollyanna · 09/04/2006 11:32

dd is swapping to private school in September. Ds started private at Christmas (swapped from state in year 2).

Frenchgirl · 09/04/2006 11:32

private

fuzzywuzzy · 09/04/2006 11:33

fee paying

collision · 09/04/2006 11:33

state

Am lucky the Ofsted reports are excellent and it is across the road! Grin Wouldnt pay for private (although I was privately educated) as it is so convenient and we cant afford it! LOL

wangle99 · 09/04/2006 11:33

Fee paying for DD - state for DS when he starts next Jan.

colditz · 09/04/2006 11:41

State

collision · 09/04/2006 11:43

why the difference Wangle (just nosey not judging! Grin)

SenoraPostrophe · 09/04/2006 11:45

state

(and really, this many people would choose private at primary ?)

carla · 09/04/2006 11:55

State for primary. Private for secondary. Always supposing you've managed to save up enough money by then.

wangle99 · 09/04/2006 12:14

Collision - DD was bullied by a teacher at her state primary so we removed her and she got a fantastically large music scholarship to a fee paying school. Turns out she is more intelligent and musical than previous school had given her credit for! Unfortunately DS isn't showing the same ability so probably wouldn't get into the same school so local primary it is (we have moved house since DD's bullying so local primary is different) however new local primary didn't have a place for DD when we tried to get her in (class size huuuuuge!)

(I was waiting for someone to ask lol)

motherinferior · 09/04/2006 12:19

State; but not the nearest state one, so my smugness at DD1's lovely little school is deeply compromised.

PutAPeachyInYourSimnelCake · 09/04/2006 12:29

State, but it's endowed by an ancient (ish) will so they get more than stat input and it shows

Prufrock · 09/04/2006 12:36

State, but moved to rural village to find decent state schools.

lockets · 09/04/2006 12:37

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chocolateshoes · 09/04/2006 12:46

State 100%

lucy5 · 09/04/2006 12:53

Fee paying as dd didn't settle into the Spanish system.