I just added to the other thread, that in lots of schools,money teaching staff qualify for fee remission and it's worth bearing in mind tht if you're part time it is usually done on a pro rata basis.
Another thing which has benefitted many staff over recent years is salary sacrifice - so paying the chink of eyes they have to pay before tax....makes a big saving. As of April 2017 those schemes were closed to new entrants, but existing people might be in the scheme until 2021 further boosting their discounts.
And yes, policy re scholarships on top of staff discount vary. I think there was something in recent years which said scholarships if awarded with financial benefits had to be on top of fee discounts and it wasn't possible to do what some schools did and give a scholarship but give no extra money off because the fee remission was already given.....but that was picked up on and schools had to stop....so perhaps some now just say staff kids don't qualify to apply for them....sounds iffy too.
Much of his stuff is behind closed doors and sometimes it's not written down, so what one person got might not always be what someone else got.
And as for asking, some websites state you applicants can enquire at interview...ie they are not prepared to put their approach out there for all to see but want to keep it a bit hush hush. In interview you can perfectly reasonably ask about terms and conditions but often people don't. If that's the case though, if you were made an offer, I would strongly advise not sounding too euphoric in response to simply the offer of the job but a very clear statement that you would need to see all the terms and conditions laid down before you could make any decision. Bearing in mind schools often need to hire quickly to avoid losing candidates to other schools, this might speed them up. And if anything in the terms (including fee remission) were not to your liking, before acceptance is always going to be the strongest negotiating position you will ever have....ask for more if you really want it. The worst they can say is no and you are still in the same position of deciding if the terms and fee discounts are acceptable for you and your family.
Many people working in local independent do know others at the other local or not so local schools....so often a quick word to someone will reveal what seems to be the norm in another school, to see what the lie of the land is. No-one really wants to go through the aggro and emotional stress of filling in applications, planning interview lessons and going through interview to discover the salary is just too paltry or the fee discount too miserly to make the school even a possibility.
I guess that before accepting an interview, and given you've expressed your current package on an application form, it wouldn't be unreasonable to ask before accepting an interview, that any package would be 'competitive' to your current situation. It's not too detailed a question, perfectly reasonable and looks like you value yourself,which is never a bad thing, unless they are just looking for someone who is cheap as chips and can be exploited!