scary parents wrote:
Hi tinkers thanks for quick reply. Thanks for others as well.
Can you please define selective apologise if this is a funny question.
Which one is good among st Joseph's and Leighton schools for my DS.
Why the fees is bit more expensive for Leighton..?
Selective as in they are academically selective in who they take.
Leighton Park is a Quaker School. St Joes is a Catholic School, although they those of other faiths and no faith.
Leighton is more expensive as they allow students to come into school quite early, give them breakfast. They get lunch. After school they stay and do homework with those who are boarding and can have tea there too. I believe the younger ones have to do a couple of after schools activities which I guess are included.
In contrast St Joes is less expensive than other schools. There was some thing about the sisters giving a long cheap lease to the school (I really don’t remember the details), but it does mean some of their overheads were drastically reduced and this is reflected in the fees. (You do have to pay for school lunches and other stuff though).