How Much Are The Fees For Private Schools?

[black_cat51]

i was just musing that the money i pay for nursery must be more that i'd pay for a private school!

[Peter Pedant]

Lots
so much so they do it by term 6 - 8 k
times three
- see fundamental arithmetic thread

[Peter Pedant]

but a week in Pentonville is more than a week at Eton
and the results are much worse

[rockyracoon]

Well the nearest private school to me charges £11500 a year for primary and £14000 for secondary.

[black_cat51]

i pay over 13k for nursery!

[Peter Pedant]

dubbl then

[Captain2]

Our daughter left school two years ago and we were paying circa £11K pa which was about average for the private schools around here (south Manchester). If you want to be really silly you can pay upwards of £40K pa.
Before you decide though think it through. If you kiddie is say 5 now and you commit to private you are really duty bound to continue until they are 18, so do the maths. Then there is university, etc, etc

[black_cat51]

ps when i say private i'm not talking of boarding, or of harrow/eton and so on

[rockyracoon]

There ya go then, private all the way ;)

[black_cat51]

thanks captain, sensible advice. I'm not thinking of it though, just thinking how much better off i'm going to be when little 'un goes to school!

[Captain2]

But you will only be paying nursery fees for how long? as opposed to 13 years for private education.

[rockyracoon]

That must make a massive difference to your disposable income.

[Captain2]

Cross posts black_cat :)

[Sycamore3House]

I would be inclined to save the private education until secondary school. But I can understand your logic as your child will probably need before & after school care once nursery has finished and through primary school. Also a friend sends her child as a day pupil but the child stays over during the week sometimes. This is an extra cost but with birth parents working it suits them and also the child loves it.

[Peter Pedant]

for the manchester poster

much better at MGS - Manchester Grammar School... and cheaper I think
but of course not everyone lives in M

[Captain2]

PP

MGS current fees £11388pa - boys only though - don't suppose the daughter would have been too bothered though.

[Peter Pedant]

aye aye Cap'n

But the results are well worth it innit ?

They have an attrition rate - internal exams and if the boys slack - they chuck 'em out !

[bert_h]

Scotland's a little bit cheaper, perhaps. Around £8000 pa for primary, and £10000 pa for secondary.

Most of the independent schools in Edinburgh have twice as many pupils in each secondary year as in primary, so quite a lot of parents do what one poster here suggested - state primary, then independent secondary.

[Captain2]

Agree with you there PP - pretty tough going at MGS.
If I mention CHS do you know where I mean - excellent school all round

[Peter Pedant]

Capn - oh yes down in Altie I think

[jaynethepain]

If you are paying nursery fees a private school will probably work out cheaper and better value. You only pay for when you are there as opposed to the 50 odd weeks you have to pay at a nursery. Where we are the termly fee for a 3 year old is £1800 but when you take off the nursery funding which next term is about £600 it's £1200 and over 11 weeks say, well less than £120 p/w and that includes a two course lunch cooked by a proper cook as opposed to a nursery assistant warming up tins of beans and serving with instant potato. I'd look into it if I were you and it's more important at this age, what they learn now will prepare them for the future, if it's left to secondary it's harder to adjust and, yes it's a lot of money when you work it out but you only have your children once, invest in them now.