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Subsidised fees for teacher children?

11 replies

Teach22 · 14/02/2022 22:00

Hi
I am wondering if anyone knows what kind of subsidy teachers get on school fees for their children in private school. Does it make the fees manageable on a teacher salary?

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Lulu1919 · 15/02/2022 06:34

Our school use a scale depending on pay

wingingit33 · 15/02/2022 08:02

We get 50%

wingingit33 · 15/02/2022 08:02

Sorry hit send too soon. 50% full time otherwise 10% per working day.

Weald56 · 15/02/2022 09:26

It depends ion the private school. There is a potential tax implication (for the teacher) if the subsidy is too generous.

Sowhatifiam · 15/02/2022 11:08

50% for full time, pro-rata if part time. Lots of teacher children in my school but for me personally, it’s not enough of a reduction.

bananabuddy3 · 15/02/2022 17:50

We pay 40% of the fee and it’s worked out pro rata for part timers. Loads of long serving staff had their children at the school once upon a time and according to my colleague, staff used to only pay 10%. Was unsustainable obviously but damn for missing that boat.

2reefsin30knots · 15/02/2022 18:45

We pay 50% for the prep and 33% of the day fee at senior. Works out at about £1k pcm throughout.

Teach22 · 15/02/2022 19:40

Thank you all for your insight!

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dootball · 15/02/2022 20:39

50% too. Although it's not really 50% , as things like uniform / trips are obviously full price.

Bunnybunny1 · 16/02/2022 08:40

50% but still too much for our family to afford, especially with trips, uniform, keeping up with the over generous birthday and Christmas presents, hosting etc.
I’m happy with DD’s state school and secretly think they offer more rigour with core subjects anyway.
A lot of private school money goes on marketing/ branding and beautifying everything.

Dizzyhedgehog · 18/02/2022 19:06

Ours depends on how long you've worked for the company. (We've got various schools across the country.)
You pay 70% in the first two years, then 50% for the next three years and then 30% after that.
Our fees are much lower and income-based as well, though, so we'll be paying about 3k per year in fees when DS moves from nursery to Reception in the summer.

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