Grammar Schools 'may Ask Parents For Hundreds Of Pounds A Year'

mikey4444 | 18:23 Wed 25th Jan 2017 | News

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38739744

So it would seem that having a gifted child is not enough.....parents of Grammar School kids will need to be wealthy as well.

From the above link :::::

"A majority of grammars will be left worse off by proposed funding changes, according to analysis by the Grammar School Heads' Association"

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rockyracoon

They can ask, but it don't mean they'll get. All schools ask for cash to help plug funding holes

pixie374

All schools ask for voluntary contributions.

rockyracoon

My kids' school asks for a voluntary contribution of £30 a term, per family.

pixie374

Ours seem to ask constantly for money. Sometimes I give some and sometimes ignore it.

mikey4444

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But these hundreds of pounds are not to pay for special things, like outings....its to pay the normal running costs of a school. What if the parents can't afford these extra payments ?

These donations are needed because of cuts made to education budgets.

pixie374

No, they are for both. The payments are voluntary, so they can only ask. They do fundraising events as well.

mikey4444

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This won't effect us here in Wales, as we don't have any grammar schools, but I pity people in England.

pixie374

They won't pay if they can't afford to- same as all the other schools.

rockyracoon

It's a sign of the times, not enough money going into the schools to equal what has to go out.

ToraToraTora

well your lot abolished them mate!

pixie374

They aren't abolished.

mikey4444

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So, already we have a two-tier schooling system and now we may have another split within the schools themselves....between pupils who parents can afford these extra payments and those that can't.

Sounds like the bad old days when those that had free school meal, who had to join one queue, and another for the ones whose parents can afford the meals.

It doesn't seem very egalitarian to me.

ToraToraTora

well surely there are some work houses to take the poor kids.

pixie374

It isn't two-tier and there is no difference between the parents that do or don’t pay- there isn't allowed to be. And some children still do get free school meals...