My friends son who is six has been identified as being talented and gifted at school. He was taken to Bridgewater School today to sit an entry test which he passed with flying colours. They said they would accept him as soon as after the next half term in Feb.

 

The problem is that there are no subsidised places until he reaches yr7. It will cost her ?600 a month to send him. She is dead set on sending him which means living on the poverty line for the next god knows how many years....she is a single parent so money is a big issue.

 

Is there any other way she can apply for help with her sons place at this school?

Tell them he'll be back in 5 years. Gifted and talented or cash-cow?

Tell them he'll be back in 5 years. Gifted and talented or cash-cow?

 

Cash-cow? Sorry I don't understand.

Cash cow is a euphamism for somewhere from where to grab some cash. If Bridgewater school want a gifted kid, fine, there he is, but it's not the kid they're after, it's the fees until he's 11 years old. Unfortunately your mate will now be hung up on the gifted and talented tag and will now be wondering how to manage on bread and beans for the next five years. She will become a cash-cow for Bridgewater.

I watched a documentary on families in similar situations. Unfortunately I can't remember any of the solutions. You could always lobby reputable companies to sponsor him and sign him on a pre-contract agreement. Then you could flog him to Chels.... oh sh?t got mixed up sorry.

It just goes to show that it's a rich mans world out there.

 

This really ikes me big time! It's no wonder working class family kids are underachieving as apposed to the rich little puffs that Daddy takes to private school in his huuuuuge 4x4!

Edited January 24, 200818 yr by bwfc_sue

They may be some bursaries your friend could apply for. Ask the school for information.

They may be some bursaries your friend could apply for. Ask the school for information.

 

 

She asked, there is none until he reaches secondary school age. It sucks!

It just goes to show that it's a rich mans world out there.

 

This really ikes me big time! It's no wonder working class family kids are underachieving as apposed to the rich little puffs that Daddy takes to private school in his huuuuuge 4x4!

 

Swanny went to Bolton School.

 

I rest my case.

It just goes to show that it's a rich mans world out there.

 

This really ikes me big time! It's no wonder working class family kids are underachieving as apposed to the rich little puffs that Daddy takes to private school in his huuuuuge 4x4!

 

Not strictly true, Sue, but i know what you mean.

Not strictly true, Sue, but i know what you mean.

 

I dont know which bit your saying is not true but you tell me a working class single mother who can afford to send her child to a private school.

I dont know which bit your saying is not true but you tell me a working class single mother who can afford to send her child to a private school.

 

the bit that's not true is that it is mummy taking the kid in her 4x4. Daddy's shagging the secretary over the photocopier at that time of the morning

I dont know which bit your saying is not true but you tell me a working class single mother who can afford to send her child to a private school.

 

its her choice to make

 

if she chooses to send child to the posh school, she'd better get used to being broke

 

don't see why i should fund it

its her choice to make

 

if she chooses to send child to the posh school, she'd better get used to being broke

 

don't see why i should fund it

 

Why shouldn't she seek funding if it's available? (I'm not saying she is, she is quite prepared to skimp and scrape, it just annoys me that this is the case)

 

She has always worked to keep her head above the water, and if he is to recieve a good education it's another number that won't be joining the lazy f?ckin workshy ones who can't be arsed to get off there fat lazy f?ckin backsides because they manage ok from what they recieve from the likes of yours and my taxes. So in theory any funding will even it's self out with what he puts back in when he has a successful career. (I think!)

if fundings there, great

 

but if its not, then thats her call

 

my view, and i may be wrong, if this kid is sooooooooooooo bright, shop around

 

cos if he is exceptional, some school will shell out to get him

 

i suspect hes bright, but nowt spec

I dont know which bit your saying is not true but you tell me a working class single mother who can afford to send her child to a private school.

 

Whoa, whoa! Haven't you lot had a socialist government up there for over a decade? Wouldn't this be funded out of hounding the wealthy via inheritance tax and the like?

Sue! Tell her to buy a Nintento DS Lite and get brain training and brain academy! A much cheaper option until he's at secondary school age!

Has your friend got big tits?

 

If so, I may be able to offer her a part time job to help her through these financially challenging times

 

Widnes the dirty Samaritan

whats the alternative school? i turned down bridgewater, and was glad to do so... i knew some right crackheads who went there.

 

saying that joeys wasnt exactly eton

If he's a talented kid then going to state school won't do him any harm, he'll still piss it. It's your numb feckers who'd benefit from private school.

Edited January 25, 200818 yr by mickbrown

She asked, there is none until he reaches secondary school age. It sucks!

 

That's because a lot of funding bodies for assistance for private schools see the placement of 'gifted' children at primary school age as a bit of a waste.

The ease to get into a good to excellent primary schools is far easier than a excellent state secondary school - thus if your friend can't afford the fees now I would advise waiting to secondary school age.

Whoa, whoa! Haven't you lot had a socialist government up there for over a decade? Wouldn't this be funded out of hounding the wealthy via inheritance tax and the like?

 

 

no we have had new labour.

 

 

with regards the school tell her to tourn catholic get into a local catholic school and he will do fine till secondary school comes along.

 

his education might not be quite as good but the money she saves will also allow the kid to have a live other than school.

 

remember what happened to that bird on corrie.

I sat entrance exams to get into private school passed them and then was asked if i wanted to go. I said i would sooner go to school with my friends. I didn't do too badly with 6A's and 3B's by the end of year 11. As for six form we had 5 people come from the private school I sat the exam for and they said they benefited more from coming to state school for sixth form than private and regretted being in private education. two of these came from families of millionaires as well.

Private eduaction is the biggest load of bollocks this country has ever had to put up with. This doesn't happen in France when the state schools are the best in the country. I don't see why, by dint of wealth, some children are given a head start in life regardless of academic ability. The fact that Cambridge now proudly boast that 50% of their undergraduates come from state schools show how much those in private education are favoured. You often see those how went to Harrow, Ardlingly, Eton turn up at one of our great institutions with no more than 3 C's at A Level. The local comps are fine, if he's that bright he will succeed anyway and maybe have a job cleaning theatre seats for a living.

1) Private eduaction is the biggest load of bollocks this country has ever had to put up with.

2) The local comps are fine, if he's that bright he will succeed anyway and maybe have a job cleaning theatre seats for a living.

 

1) Fooking right. Get em in a state run drug experimentation regime Comprehensive with 72 students per teacher. Power to the people.

2) Love that sense of humour

It's the lads own fault, he shouldn't be so clever and should just be sent to George Toms or such like the rest of us!If he's lucky enough he could well end up as successful as me and doing recruitment for Marks and Spencers!!

Edited January 25, 200818 yr by tonygreen1981