Any advice on planning school fees ?

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi my daughter is in the nursery department of a private school. She loves it there and since she's been going we have fallen in love with it too. It has such a lovely atmosphere that it gives you a sense of well being just being there. We have decided to keep her there for the juniour school and then let her take her 11+ and hopefully go to our local grammer school. Our fees have just increased by 8% though. I don't know if they will keep going up this much every year, but if they do then it will be very hard to keep her there. Does anyone know of any fee planning advice? I'd hate to have to take her out of the school especially if she's enjoying it so much.

I'd also add it's not fun to be one of the families who are 'scraping' the school fees together each term. You'll really feel the increases, and as mentioned earlier, the extras can really add up.

It also can be tricky if you live much more modestly than your peers....dd went to a lovely central London private school, and though I got over it (and was never made to feel badly), was initially (and self consciously) aware that our flat was a fraction of the size of most of their houses.