Would you pay for private school if you could 'just about' afford it?

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And the local state schools weren’t too great.

We could probably just about afford for DS based on the fact that we can easily afford £1500 a month nursery fees at the moment and we still have some spare cash each month (£1000), but obviously it would be nice to have that spare cash to save/spend on other things.

We are just thinking is it worth considering, and looking into private options, if we aren’t mega rich. Would you make sacrifices elsewhere to afford private education?

We went for state, though we could have afforded private easily. We like a short walk to school, local friends, strong community, gentle academics- certainly in the infants, the fact that everyone is welcome. We have good state schools - no idea how you’d judge private schools on things like value added.

I think your question was about affordability. If it is a stretch I think the value for money is not good.

I think it depends on where you are. There are good and bad state schools - in London the house prices close to 'good' ones can be out of reach for most people.