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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:
AngelaD · 09/04/2006 13:14

Fee paying for one DD and state at the moment for other DD.
Will move eldest DD back to fee paying though, state was a big mistake for us.

waggledancer · 09/04/2006 13:36

state

MrsSpoon · 09/04/2006 13:39

State but it's a good School.

Crackle · 09/04/2006 13:58

Private.

jalopy · 09/04/2006 14:22

state

nutcracker · 09/04/2006 14:23

State

fsmail · 09/04/2006 14:31

Church state school.

elastamum · 09/04/2006 15:02

Fee paying for both

jamsam · 09/04/2006 15:05

ummmm...fee paying for 18 months for youngest, and if it had stayed open i would have kept him there untill aged 7. now both local primary.

deegward · 09/04/2006 15:18

state just now, but starting fee paying in September

ToujoursMarine · 09/04/2006 19:35

Fee paying

jennifersofia · 09/04/2006 19:47

State.

Tanzie · 09/04/2006 19:56

Well, they are at extortionately expensive international school now (fees not paid by us), but will be going to state school when we come back to UK this summer.

I want them to realise that not everyone lives in a chateau/has a swimming pool in their back garden/owns a pony/winters in Gstaad and summers in California, as per the majority of their friends.

But will probably be private for secondary education or another international school somewhere abroad. I've not really spent any time in UK in the past 20 years and am going there kicking and screaming now, so don't see us being there for more than a few years before I get itchy feet again.

alittlebitshy · 09/04/2006 20:05

fee... when she starts nursery in january, onwards

Angeliz · 09/04/2006 20:15

Private

pupuce · 09/04/2006 20:18

state

fisil · 09/04/2006 20:20

state

goldenoldie · 09/04/2006 20:58

private

chonky · 09/04/2006 21:00

state

chonky · 09/04/2006 21:00

state

Gillian76 · 09/04/2006 21:02

State. It's very good and only 5-10 mins walk.

Am undecided on secondary though...

Berries · 09/04/2006 21:07

1 state (yr5) 1 private (yr4 - started in Jan)

aragon · 09/04/2006 21:08

State. The ones near here are good and in any case we can't afford private.

dinny · 09/04/2006 21:13

state. moved out of London to find good one.

dinny · 09/04/2006 21:13

not that there aren't good ones in London, I hasten to add (just we couldn't afford to live anywhere near a good one, lol)