Hi - I am probably getting way ahead of myself here. My DS is only 3 but I am already worried about secondary school. We will not be moving due to our business and the local secondary school is frankly shocking.
So we've been looking at our options. There is a good grammar school and hopefully if DS is bright enough this will be our only option.
In the meantime I am 99% sure of moving him from his current nursery to one at a local prep school - I think he would love it. I visited the school today and was really impressed. At the moment cost doesn't come into it as they accept his 15 funded hours.
My dilemma... whilst I think we could fund his first few years at prep school (first 2 terms discounted as will still be in receipt of his funded hours and hopefully we will qualify for a bursary), at the age of 8 the fees double which we have no hope of covering.
So .... do we keep him in and then move him to the local state school at 5 (which has an excellent ofsted report), or do we keep him in prep school until the fees increase?
My thinking is that if we want to give him a good chance of getting into the grammar school that the investment is wise at primary - but since we can't afford this beyond the age of 7 is it worth it at all?
More importantly will he transfer well out of private and into state at the age of 7?
And that is assuming we can get him a place in a state school as we have a serious shortage of primary places in our area.
Has anyone else done this or similar?
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mrsscoobysti · 15/05/2013 23:21
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