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What % have your Senior and Prep school fees gone up? *Edited by MNHQ*

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 16:31

Midlands - Senior School (Day) 8.5%
Prep 8%

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Moomin37 · 29/05/2023 16:32

Still waiting to find out - think we'll know next month. I seem to recall it was 5% last year.

DSandDD · 29/05/2023 16:34

Boarding (boys) 8%
Day (girls) 10%

user1469908585 · 29/05/2023 16:37

Midlands boarding school. 8%. Historically 3% a year, thankfully we are in last few years!

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 16:38

Prep and Seniors are mixed. Last year was 6% - we missed the good years! This is deffo more than we anticipated

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edwinbear · 29/05/2023 16:42

London (Day) 7% - we'd braced ourselves for 10% so reasonably OK with it, but yes, it's a big increase.

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 16:44

Location is useful too!!

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User63847484848 · 29/05/2023 16:46

Wonder if they’ll be giving their teachers that sort of pay rise 🤔

elevenplusdilemma · 29/05/2023 16:47

User63847484848 · 29/05/2023 16:46

Wonder if they’ll be giving their teachers that sort of pay rise 🤔

I'd imagine a big chunk of it is to cover the huge energy costs.

modgepodge · 29/05/2023 16:48

User63847484848 · 29/05/2023 16:46

Wonder if they’ll be giving their teachers that sort of pay rise 🤔

Ha!! Wouldn’t have thought so. I work in a prep and my daughter is in the nursery. Fees went up 7% last year, teachers got less than half that. Fee rise this year is 8% with the letter to parents specifically citing keeping teacher pay competitive as a justification. Will be delighted if we get 8% but I’m not holding my breath!!

igglo · 29/05/2023 16:49

London senior +6.8%

hettiethehare · 29/05/2023 16:51

SE London Day - 7.5%

brownly · 29/05/2023 16:52

I know this is senior but ours is 8% in a prep. Very disappointed as more than doubled the annual raise since we started the school. Would be happier to know the teachers were getting it in all honesty though.

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 16:55

Will edit title for Senior and Prep I have one in each. And it’s in Secondary so I’ll move to education

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DreamItDoIt · 29/05/2023 16:57

South west, day 7.5%

Saddogmum73 · 29/05/2023 17:04

Scotland 10%

MissyB1 · 29/05/2023 17:09

No rise the last two years, will go up 8% next year. Senior day school south west.

SaltyGod · 29/05/2023 17:10

10% - prep East England. No preamble about rising costs or trying in vain to keep costs down. Also now a term’s fees to secure a place.

RockaLock · 29/05/2023 17:13

South London, boys secondary, 11%.

About double the usual increase.

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 17:22

We only moved last year into prep and eldest heading into Seniors. This is not what my stress testing took into account. Crazy increases.

They are a generous school with bursaries, I do wonder if Labour come in if they’ll have to cancel the bursaries as I dont think the parents will want to pay for those if there is no benefit all round.

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joan12 · 29/05/2023 17:33

South East 10% for Prep and seniors.

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 17:37

joan12 · 29/05/2023 17:33

South East 10% for Prep and seniors.

@joan12 out of interest how much did it go up last year?

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joan12 · 29/05/2023 17:43

I wish I could remember...we are nearly at the end so I am in denial! I think 7-8 % definitely less...

joan12 · 29/05/2023 17:45

When I say nearly at the end..nearly at the end of having the current number of children we have in private ed...sadly nowhere near the end of the process for all of them!

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NatureNurture85 · 29/05/2023 17:47

Thanks @joan12 - it’s certainly a bit more than I stress tested for. We kind of jumped just as inflation/Ukraine etc kicked in after being very disappointed with how far behind the kids had fallen at their State school.

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twistyizzy · 31/05/2023 07:37

NE + 9% for senior. They held fees for the past 2 years due to Covid so this was expected but still a significant hike.