Tax on school fees

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of course it won’t affect the really wealthy but we have three kids at private school and we are now going to withdraw them all. We will see them through the remainder of this school year and from September we have secured places at local state schools. When the alternative is free why would we carry on drawing down on our mortgage and sacrificing holidays and be taxed for doing so. Let the state pay.

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When the alternative is free why would we carry on drawing down on our mortgage and sacrificing holidays and be taxed for doing so. Let the state pay.
What possessed you to pay for private education in the first place? How much money have you wasted?

Exactly. The alternative has always been free. That’s why 90% of the population use it. Why did you want to pay 60k for three children, or whatever it was??

I think that is what most people do . We chose to live in an area with decent secondary schools. We sacrificed expensive holidays,presents etc .
Our children have really benefited from our decisions.

I’m a teacher in a state school which has spaces, we will welcome any new starters with open arms!

Oh look, another post about private school fees. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

There are falling rolls in many areas now. Everyone is welcome. Shame though, mixing with the riff raff

You must live in an area with a very large surplus of state school places as you cant secure a place 9 months in advance and you cant hold a state place for a future start. Why are you so confident that there will be places available next September?

We also have three in private schools. We'll be keeping them there, as it's the best thing for them.

The Tories were a complete self interested sh*t show. For sure I loathed every moment they were in government. But I see now that a lot of self righteous state school folks will be seeing that the politics of envy that Labour seem to be pushing, don't just stop at attacking private schools. It's very sad.

I think this is a troll thread.

Because I have secured a place? Two of my kids have a place at sixth form college. The little one we still have to wait to find out. There are no places at the moment and it is a worry.

Firstly because when we first moved we couldn’t get places at our local state school. Secondly because when we moved here the we both worked and the private school fees were 50% cheaper than they are now. This tax is the straw that has broken us.

You are wealthy if you can afford close to full fees for three DCs at private school.

If this is real you obviously don't live in the same world as most of us if you don't consider yourself wealthy.
Three kids in private school means you must have around £40k plus knocking about on top of your wages. Given that national average disposal income per household is much less than that (around £33k) it shows a real lack of awareness.
Even if it is half that amount most people don't have anything at the end of the month.

I hope your twins get the GCSE results they need for the sixth form college you want. It’s quite early to finalise A level choices, so good luck.

why wouldn’t you leave the youngest at the private school until sixth form then and just move the 2 eldest now? If you can afford 3 sets of fees without VAT then you can afford one set with VAT, plus it’s a lot fairer to the kids

I've been teaching in state secondaries for 20 years. At my current school, our top students get all 9s at GCSE and A star at A-level. We send children to top courses at top unis. If there is any disruption to learning, the instigator is removed immediately. Classrooms are safe and purposeful

It's a million times better than my experience at a private school, which was rife with bullying and abuse. I am very happy that DS1 is able to go here - he has just finished his first term in Y7 and is very happy and learning lots.

Your DC will thrive at state secondary, if it's anything like mine.

You cant have 'secured a place' now that you don't intend to use til September a state school will not hold the place 8 months for you.
If its just that you have checked theres a space in the yeargroup you need, please don't bank on it still just being available in September as its highly unlikely - places are filled all the time unless you live somewhere with an unusual level of capacity in the system.

I too am wondering why you don't keep paying for the youngest until a natural break point?
The eldest 2 are at a natural break point anyway.

Me too.

Really? You've never bought your child nutritious food? Medicines? Signed them up for activities? Taken them to museums? Bought books?
Parents buy advantages for their children every second of the day, all the above are VAT free I believe.

Though regardless this feels like a troll thread.

The average household income is around £33k, not disposable income. I'd count anyone with £33k disposable (so nearly £3k a month) as wealthy.