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

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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

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Hallgerda · 09/04/2006 21:15

State

sanchpanch · 09/04/2006 21:16

State

Passionflower · 09/04/2006 21:25

Private

Ailsa · 09/04/2006 22:17

State

Gem13 · 09/04/2006 22:19

State but then we have really good ones.

Clary · 09/04/2006 22:32

state.

(Surprised by how many people feel the need to qualify this with "but the local one is really good....")

soyabean · 09/04/2006 22:34

Stae pri and sec (London)

lockets · 09/04/2006 22:35

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suedonim · 09/04/2006 22:36

Usually state as we are blessed with good state schools inour neck of the woods. But we are currently expats so dd is going to an International School in Nigeria.

Sparklemagic · 09/04/2006 22:41

state. We have moved though, to get to an area where the state schools are very good.

Kaz33 · 09/04/2006 22:53

State - amazing how many kids at private primary schools.

Did you go to private schools or this is a new depature? Another thread possibly?

jenniferjuniper · 09/04/2006 22:54

state

fisil · 10/04/2006 07:23

Clary, Lockets - snap!

Lockets, out of interest. Both you and I have taught at schools where children come from very different backgrounds to us. If the only choice was between a school like W (for you) or S (for me) would you go private?

lockets · 10/04/2006 07:38

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fisil · 10/04/2006 07:42

Absolutely the same, without a doubt. For very much the same reasons.

lockets · 10/04/2006 07:47

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batters · 10/04/2006 08:04

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tissy · 10/04/2006 08:36

state

marialuisa · 10/04/2006 08:41

private

fisil · 10/04/2006 08:45

My boys are wonderful - ds2 started walking this week! Bit of a shock being so early.

B*gger about Beatrix Potter - any luck with a play group? One of the reasons for stopping work was that once ds1 was at foundation stage it felt wrong having him in private day nursery - until then I could justify it as childcare!

Tinker · 10/04/2006 08:49

State

Celia2 · 10/04/2006 09:53

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DominiConnor · 10/04/2006 10:12

I'm like batters, wish I didn't have to pay and arrange transport etc but the nearest CoE state school has a really crap headmaster.
We get better class sizes, and much better facilities, but does suck out money.

Forest has a twin-track structure for boys and girls, mixed from 4-7, separate for most subjects 7-16 and mixed again at 6th form. We liked that.

It is also selective, and as far as we can tell at 4yo entry includes behaviour. Can't imagine it's all that accurate, but does mean that for a class of 16 there are two teachers who haved to deal with less "riot control".
As someone who grew up poor, there is a part of me which despises all this. However whilst British voters see taxes education as something that stops them buying a bigger 4 wheel drive, that's the situation we have to deal with.

tortoiseshell · 10/04/2006 10:14

state

roisin · 10/04/2006 10:33

RESULTS OF MN SURVEY SO FAR
State: 44
Fee paying: 20

(These figures are per family. People with one child in each score 0.5! And I have only counted where children are NOW, not where they might be starting in future.)