Private School Question

[administrator]

Ahhh you are divorced or want to be.

Didn't get married Been together 24 years this September though. Yes, she is a saint to put up with me.

[MarillionFan]

Didn't get married Been together 24 years this September though. Yes, she is a saint to put up with me.

Wow. 24 years! Most closet gays have come out before that, but I suppose some people just keep on living the lie.

[northernladuk]

Didn't get married Been together 24 years this September though. Yes, she is a saint to put up with me.

That's a lot of missed 5k dividend allowances!

[Mordac]

Question. Who sends their kids to private school?

Why am I asking?

Oldest child is now 11 and about to enter Secondary School, whilst 2nd is still a while off.

Never believed that <11 is that worthwhile for private education, but smaller classes, more competition/dedicated teaching is beneficial for 11+

I believe that those children who want to please, are competitive, want to exceed would be better placed in a private school with smaller classes

As we are all higher earners, what proportion of us sends their kids to private school?

Poll to follow

Don't have kids, so it's hypothetical. However, there are Grammars just across the river in Surrey, so I'd be looking that way first, and private as the second option. I don't think I'd be able to live with myself if I sent my hypothetical kids to a comp. I went to one, and look at me now, I'm a knuckle-dragging Brexiteer cretin. Apparently...

[vetran]

It's one of the advantages to be exposed to sports you could not otherwise try.
Plus you don't make contacts at football, do you?

Don't worry the wife who taught at Eton now schools our kids, arcane tulip is in their DNA.

[SueEllen]

Couldn't we just mark ATW as 'single, no mates and sitting in his bedroom'. A status which will never change!

Burn him

Edited to say: I was quoting MF.

[administrator]

That's a lot of missed 5k dividend allowances!

Depends how you structure things doesn't it I asked my accountant at an early stage, he sorted me out.

[BrilloPad]

You are suppose to say - "Takes after her mum."

Takes after her Dad. MF....

[The_Equalizer]

Blimey, CUK has turned into Mumsnet.

[Platypus]

Depends on the kid and the school. If she's bright, diligent and hardworking, assuming that the state school is decent, she'll do well wherever she goes.

^ Top advice.

I sent my two. Daughter was hard-working and diligent, she'd have done fine at a comp, but private got the best out of her, although there's a lot of snobbery so unless you're actually rich (rather than wealthy) expect your kid to be treated as a 2nd class citizen by the rich ones. Anyway, in her case, best decision ever.

My son was a lazy sod. Waste of time and money sending him, he just messed about, may as well have sent him to fail at the local comp.

Which goes right back to MS's words of wisdom