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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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NatureNurture85 · 01/06/2023 21:42

Since Sept 2021 our fees are now 15% higher!

They can’t keep expecting us to pay such significant rises??

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johnnydeppsslipper · 01/06/2023 21:57

@NatureNurture85

They don't expect you to have to pay the increase if you can't.

You choose to privately educate and you can choose to state educate if it keeps going up.

The problem is the increase in normal utilities is bad enough but for businesses and commercial there is no cap on a lot of the bills so have got extortionate.

I own and run a small independent business by myself and just my water bill has gone up by £120 a month let alone adding everything g else in.

The government are all well and good to say the rate of inflation is under 10% but that's a load of rubbish as we all know

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NatureNurture85 · 02/06/2023 00:08

I think I’d expect them to respect full fee paying parents and think about what we do to put our kids through a private education. They hand out a ridiculous number of bursaries and they need to cut back. There is too much going on/done too many costs that could be cut back and still offering a much better experience than a good comprehensive. They’re alienating their main income providers.

we’re in the Midlands and to be honest a lot of people are thinking wtf!

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blueshoes · 02/06/2023 00:13

SE London Day Seniors - 7%

purpleboy · 02/06/2023 00:17

South east prep gone up 7% but fees have been frozen since covid for those already at the school, newbies are already paying a huge amount more.

elderflowerandpomelo · 02/06/2023 00:20

privates have the choice - erode quality and underpay teachers, or increase fees.

state schools don’t have that choice…

Its economically wise for private schools to keep racking fees until JUST before people leave; if they cut costs too early then the quality gap (always shaky) between state and private vanishes.

Id bet prices will be well over 30% above 19/20 levels by 24/25, and could hit 50% in some places.

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NatureNurture85 · 02/06/2023 00:26

We started in 2021, Im not sure what they were for 2019/20.

just a totally shit time to make the move but the state school really was letting our kids down. They’ve thrived at their prep - it’s amazing. Just going to have to keep working and working!

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hatty543 · 02/06/2023 00:31

East anglia - 8% prep and 6.5% senior.

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NatureNurture85 · 02/06/2023 17:15

Looks like other peeps are not raising their fees so much local to ours there are 3 peeps within a 1.5 mile radius. Senior fee rise is standard compared to the other main competitor Senior

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NatureNurture85 · 02/06/2023 17:15

Preps! Not Peeps

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purplepencilcase · 02/06/2023 17:20

Midlands boarding prep school- 5%

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