Budget

[Rich B]

Just post it on here. No one really gives a shit anyway...

[Broccers]

Just post it on here. No one really gives a shit anyway...

You clearly do.

[duncs500]

Yeah it’s not hard to imagine a scenarios where one kid needs a change of diaper whilst another needs medical care and then you’ve got 3 more little terrorists left unattended

The comment, and especially the term 'little terrorists' is remarkably insightful for someone (AFAIK) without kids.

[Jobbo]

Great banter guys. So we all agree that you should only have kids if you are going to send them to public school. Good to know. I didn't realise this place had fully turned into PH.

[duncs500]

I can assure you that private school does not cost as much as nursery And the wraparound care is cheap as fuck by comparison.

I saw this and I was curious because I always thought private school was unobtainable for normal folks, but I looked up fees for the local private schools. Turns out it's basically the same was what we pay for four days a week of nursery up to year 2, and not much more up to year 8 (which also includes wrap around).

Still don't think we'd send ours to one as the local state schools are pretty good... good to know it's an option if it wasn't going well at state school for example though.

[Jobbo]

I can assure you that private school does not cost as much as nursery And the wraparound care is cheap as fuck by comparison.

I saw this and I was curious because I always thought private school was unobtainable for normal folks, but I looked up fees for the local private schools. Turns out it's basically the same was what we pay for four days a week of nursery up to year 2, and not much more up to year 8 (which also includes wrap around).

Still don't think we'd send ours to one as the local state schools are pretty good... good to know it's an option if it wasn't going well at state school for example though.

I know private school hours tend to be longer than state schools but they have longer holidays too. And are the hours long enough not to need any other childcare in term time?

It always struck me that buying a house in the catchment area for an excellent grammar school would be a good idea; more expensive, but no school fees so pay more mortgage. But at the end of it your house has kept pace with the market so you'll get back the extra payments, whereas living in a cheaper area and paying school fees you have to bask in the self-sacrifice.

[duncs500]

I know private school hours tend to be longer than state schools but they have longer holidays too. And are the hours long enough not to need any other childcare in term time?

It always struck me that buying a house in the catchment area for an excellent grammar school would be a good idea; more expensive, but no school fees so pay more mortgage. But at the end of it your house has kept pace with the market so you'll get back the extra payments, whereas living in a cheaper area and paying school fees you have to bask in the self-sacrifice.

The wrap around hours are long enough, yeah. The term time thing I'm ignoring for the sake of the comparison TBF so would need consideration if I was thinking seriously about it, which I'm not.

[Broccers]

Great banter guys. So we all agree that you should only have kids if you are going to send them to public school. Good to know. I didn't realise this place had fully turned into PH.

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

[Jobbo]

Great banter guys. So we all agree that you should only have kids if you are going to send them to public school. Good to know. I didn't realise this place had fully turned into PH.

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

[nuttinnew]

PM: My sister.

Not that hard. Honestly what a wally.

No.
PM: Sunak.

etc.

[Broccers]

Great banter guys. So we all agree that you should only have kids if you are going to send them to public school. Good to know. I didn't realise this place had fully turned into PH.

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

[Broccers]

Great banter guys. So we all agree that you should only have kids if you are going to send them to public school. Good to know. I didn't realise this place had fully turned into PH.

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

[Swervin_Mervin]

I can assure you that private school does not cost as much as nursery And the wraparound care is cheap as fuck by comparison.

I saw this and I was curious because I always thought private school was unobtainable for normal folks, but I looked up fees for the local private schools. Turns out it's basically the same was what we pay for four days a week of nursery up to year 2, and not much more up to year 8 (which also includes wrap around).

Still don't think we'd send ours to one as the local state schools are pretty good... good to know it's an option if it wasn't going well at state school for example though.

Yeah we were pleasantly surprised tbh when we looked and it seemed like a no brainer. It's about 3/4 the cost that nursery was for 5 days. There's only 1 local primary that ours would have been put in and it's 1.5 form entry increasing to 2 next year. It has a "good" rating but the Biggie for us was them not doing enough to keep the brighter kids pushed on. And that's how trouble starts. We visited and it was carnage in there - kids being taught in corridors and all sorts.

So I went from not seeing the point of private at that age to wholly convinced very quickly. And I went to private school from about 8yrs old myself.

The best bit is they started running a sports club during school holidays for a very reasonable cost and they have a whale of a time doing all sorts.

[Jobbo]

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

I’m not even sure what you were saying, frankly. You think I went to a comprehensive school or I didn’t?

[ZedLeg]

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

A comment so incomprehensible you had to repeat it?

[Rich B]

You went to a comp, don't play up your decent education.

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

I love threads where Broccers goes full retard!

[ZedLeg]

I genuinely don’t get it, he moans that all his threads end up like this. Then when he gets a thread with some actual discussion he torpedoes it with his bullshit.

It’s just bizarre behaviour.

[Broccers]

Have you seen it?

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

I’m not even sure what you were saying, frankly. You think I went to a comprehensive school or I didn’t?

You went to a private school.

I'll bow out of my own thread as it's important for the parents here to discuss schooling. Still no pm from Rich.

[Rich B]

I'll ask for a 3rd time - why do you want to move to PMs, it's perfectly relevant to the topic. If you have some random reason to not talk about it, just say "I have a personal reason to not talk about it".

[Jobbo]

Saw it. Posh boy deflection. I expect Sweatyjumper , RichC and Scotts_Chris+trans to agree.

I’m not even sure what you were saying, frankly. You think I went to a comprehensive school or I didn’t?

You went to a private school.

I'll bow out of my own thread as it's important for the parents here to discuss schooling. Still no pm from Rich.

I didn't as a matter of fact, except for a few years at a prep school (8-11) until my father decided it wasn't a good use of money. I then went to a large urban comprehensive and a grammar in the 6th form. Do you have as wide a personal experience as that? If not, what value do you think you are adding to the discussion?