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Kings virtual school fees

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40andlovelife · 12/01/2024 08:34

Am I reading it correct that the fees for key stage 3 core subjects are only £2207 a year for all of them? Then only £165 per year per other additional subject? So for core plus 3 others it would be under 3K a year? I must have it wrong as other virtual schools I've looked at are more expensive than this !

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Rusticanella · 23/01/2024 22:05

Hopefully I might bump this. I was wondering the same. I have looked for GCSE and it seems to say £1766.67 for CORE package and the. Add 5 or 4 (depending on what science) at £208 per subject. Which is less than 3k per year

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40andlovelife · 24/01/2024 08:19

Yes this is what I make of it too. There's an online open event this evening that I'm going to attend. It seems really cheap but I suppose without buildings and heating the price should be cheaper than a traditional private school

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Rusticanella · 24/01/2024 15:09

@40andlovelife

I am unable to attend as will be travelling home from work. Please feel free to update here! I have been looking at some pretty poor reviews of the school so am doubting it a bit now

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40andlovelife · 24/01/2024 16:02

Course I will update you. Having worked in education for nearly 2 decades, nothing can be as bad as bricks and mortar schools both in state and private sector. Behaviour and staff absence due to stress are national scandals that are not getting any coverage. If schools had cameras installed for the public to view, there would be national outcry.

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msbossy · 24/01/2024 19:00

Kings Interhigh? We do KS4 and it's between 4-5k per year for 8 IGCSE subjects. We moved over from MOS when they merged in September so not 100% sure on KS3.

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Rusticanella · 24/01/2024 21:53

@msbossy many thanks. I have just noticed that fees are dependent on start date and you actually can't get a whole years fees shown on the website.

How are you finding it?

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msbossy · 25/01/2024 22:36

It seems well run and good teachers. The online platform is good. My DD isn't engaging with it but that's more her issues than the school!

I think you need to have a child with self motivation and be willing to ask teachers for help. I'm not that impressed with the format of a "lecture" style lesson with one teacher followed by more interactive classes with a different teacher. It's not great of they don't have the same style or approach.

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40andlovelife · 28/01/2024 13:37

I really liked it. As a teacher myself I liked the idea of a lesson being one that delivers knowledge and then the other lessons being in a smaller group of 8 where the pupil applies their learning. 40 minute lessons sound great too. In a traditional school this is probably how much learning time a pupil gets in a 1 hour lesson anyway if you take the following out of a 60 min lesson ( time taken to arrive , settling them down, giving out pens to those who haven't got one, dealing with kids who aren't in the correct seat, giving out paper to kids who didn't bring their book because they don't like to carry a bag, taking the register, packing away). I also like the fact the teacher can just mute kids who choose to misbehave!