How do you afford to send your Children to Private School ?

[Mojomummy]

DD1 will be 4 in June 2007. We are just about to apply for her schools, entry to state will be at Easter 2008.

We have looked at an 'experimental' school, know throughout the country, with excellent results. Children do regular curriculum, but learn alot outside in the grounds & through practical experience.

We are in the process of moving to get her into the catchment of another more 'results' orientated school, but as the cut off is soon & we are nowhere near to an exchange, we aren't hopeful.

This morning we went to view a private school which just seems to offering so much. 16 to a class, 1 teacher, 1 assistant. Swimming pool, theatre, languages, drama, music etc etc. The downside is the cost of course. £2,200+ a term for reception. Guestimating on about £600 a month for the school year.

Dh is earning a good salary at the moment, as he is contracting, but no guarantee how long this will last.

For anyone in a similar situation, how have you decided which way to go ?

11+

any brayign yet

eh?

i thought that went out with the ark

so

everyone goes to state, if you pass an exam you can go to grammar
?

we got rid of the 11+ in the 70's

i think

maybe the 80's

They used to exist all over the country but they were binned in all but a few select places. They are a cross between private and state comprehensives

is it a good system?

lol
is that to fund private education?

A good system if your child passes the 11+.

Not so good if they don't.

ROFL

wasnt laughing at you dino

!

Fio!!

I'm not entirely sure how it came about that grammar schools still exist despite the system being binned

tit wanks are specialty, fio.

you should be charging at least 20 for that.

snort at the thread continuing neatly around fios obscenities

Naily, not really imo.

maybe it's £10 per tit?

i dont like the sound of that

testing 12 yr olds and putting them in different schools

or different tits

fio is it a soapy tit wank

do they have to provide their own soap ?

is it liquid or bar soap?

dove soap is best IME

Do they sell that soap called 'Caress' here ?

or maybe she is economising and using up those free sachets of soap you get in travelodges and the like?