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Because once you start earning a certain amount the government sc**ws you for every penny. It's nice to know our taxes pay for other kids exams and not our own. I think it's ethically wrong for the government not to pay for certain pupils exam fees. They can't want everyone to be equal in one breath and then treat kids, who did not choose to go to private school, differently.... and the private schools don't make you aware of this either:x ....and the beauty of it is if you don't cough up the school either won't let them sit the exam or withholds the qualification from them!zorro wrote:Ohmigod! you have to pay the exam fees as well?Why are we paying £15,000 per annum and still have to cough up for exam fees?
I think it's outrageous!
We have to pay for a good education and to rub salt into the wound we then have to pay to sit the same exams that other children in state schools don't.
As a newcomer to the independent sector ( DS went to state primary) this really stinks!
I think our next holiday will be in Bognor Regis or Blackpool!!
We have to pay for a good education and to rub salt into the wound we then have to pay to sit the same exams that other children in state schools don't.
As a newcomer to the independent sector ( DS went to state primary) this really stinks!
I think our next holiday will be in Bognor Regis or Blackpool!!
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You're lucky - I spent a week in the grottiest part of Scotland, and I didn't even see a kilted-man or his bits. Went all out and hired an MPV for the week. Thats the only holiday I'm going on this year!zorro wrote:I think it's outrageous!
We have to pay for a good education and to rub salt into the wound we then have to pay to sit the same exams that other children in state schools don't.
As a newcomer to the independent sector ( DS went to state primary) this really stinks!
I think our next holiday will be in Bognor Regis or Blackpool!!
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another extra that anoyed me:
the previous school sent an email declaring, rather excitedly, that they were now going to offer swimming lessons during PE once a week at the local baths. Great, I thought. Then we got the bill for £75 a term! Thanks for telling us school that we had to pay for this non-optional extra!
the previous school sent an email declaring, rather excitedly, that they were now going to offer swimming lessons during PE once a week at the local baths. Great, I thought. Then we got the bill for £75 a term! Thanks for telling us school that we had to pay for this non-optional extra!
Other extras from girls' independent secondary we have experienced just to upset you further:
GCSE revision guides
a lot of the materials for GCSE art course
compulsory school lunches up to year 11 at about £4 to £5 per day
no lessons for the last week of every school year (despite the already long holidays) and then a mysterious charge for "activity week" ........ one trip out on public transport
school bag, hymn book, the list runs on .........
GCSE revision guides
a lot of the materials for GCSE art course
compulsory school lunches up to year 11 at about £4 to £5 per day
no lessons for the last week of every school year (despite the already long holidays) and then a mysterious charge for "activity week" ........ one trip out on public transport
school bag, hymn book, the list runs on .........
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Hi, been reading this thread with interest. I would of thought, in this day and age, with mobile and internet technology the way it is, aren't letters becoming increasingly redundant? My DS is starting boarding school in Sept and I believe we can ring him every morning at an allotted time. Assuming this is true, I can't think he would have anything substantial to say in a letter.
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I'm not saying you will do this but I personally think its unhealthy to call your child everyday at boarding school - whats the point in them going there? I call my child once a week (if I remember - oops) and he usually tells me I'm taking him away from something fun he's doing. It is well known that daily and more than twice weekly contact with your child at boarding school makes them more home-sick and less quick to settle. In fact most schools say that you musn't contact your child for the first 11 days at the start of a new term as it disrupts them.ProudEFCdad wrote:Hi, been reading this thread with interest. I would of thought, in this day and age, with mobile and internet technology the way it is, aren't letters becoming increasingly redundant? My DS is starting boarding school in Sept and I believe we can ring him every morning at an allotted time. Assuming this is true, I can't think he would have anything substantial to say in a letter.
Personally I don't think letters are redundant and I can guarantee that if you get a hand-written letter from your child it will fill you with far more joy than an email.
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I'm sure your right Monstermunch. Its going to be our (as a family) first experience of BS and he will be pitched straight in there from state primary. I'm still rankled by feelings of guilt and anxiety, and while, initially, the calls will be very frequent, I'm certain this will tail off once the novelty factor has wore off. I read with interest what you say about this potentially making them more 'home-sick' and it has given me food for thought.
I just hope he thrives and enjoys his time there, and in later life, doesn't resent me for sending him. I assume these feelings would be entirely typical of parents sending their kids to BS for the first time.
I just hope he thrives and enjoys his time there, and in later life, doesn't resent me for sending him. I assume these feelings would be entirely typical of parents sending their kids to BS for the first time.