How families can navigate rising school fees

The cost of sending children to private school keeps on rising and may jump under a future government. Tim looks at some of the ways that parents could reduce the financial impact.

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Enrolling your children in a state school is a decent way to reduce/eliminate school fees. I know they are not always of the highest standard, but I fail to see much stability in our education system if the vast majority of parents shun them in favour of private education. Moving house in an effort to gain acceptance to a certain school only skews further geographic disparity in prosperity within an already divided country. My anecdotal personal experience adds no real further weight to my argument, but I am proud to share it. I went to my local state school, and my parents never considered moving house, or were able to afford any school fees. I did ok at school, 10A's, 3 A's at GCSE, then four A's at A-level (no A-stars around in my day). I studied for a Masters at Imperial College, gaining a Distinction (full industry scholarship). I am now 3 years retired (age 32) from my career in the Petroleum industry. I have made a few return trips to my state school (now an academy) to inspire future generations as best as I can. My state school was regularly listed as 'failing' but I had some great teachers!