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Reet, we've got some yoghurt knitters, some council types and some workshy educationalists on here, so this is the question:

 

If it's free to get into Bolton Aquarium, why does my daughter's school want £15 from me for her to go?

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If it's free to get into Bolton Aquarium, why does my daughter's school want £15 from me for her to go?

 

They're sending her in a taxi on her own?

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Reet, we've got some yoghurt knitters, some council types and some workshy educationalists on here, so this is the question:

 

If it's free to get into Bolton Aquarium, why does my daughter's school want £15 from me for her to go?

 

Coach hire?

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Coach hire?

It can only be for coach hire but seems really expensive (presuming it's a local school) Pupils where I work pay £10 to cover admission (a few quid) and coach hire for a trip to Malton in North Yorkshire. And yes there will be a risk assessment

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It can only be for coach hire but seems really expensive (presuming it's a local school) Pupils where I work pay £10 to cover admission (a few quid) and coach hire for a trip to Malton in North Yorkshire. And yes there will be a risk assessment

 

It will be for the coach because when you hire one you are really booking for the 'time' as the coach may not be able undertake any other jobs while they are on the trip. Some coach companies arrange it so that they can drop the children and do a few pick ups for other jobs and then come back. So really, you will be paying for the coach driver to sit and read the mirror while they are on the trip.

 

A few years ago I use to organise coaches from Atherton to away games and the owner of the coach company told me this as I had to explain to everyone why the difference in price between Everton away and Spurs away wasn't a million miles apart!

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Are they getting their lunch bought for them as well?

 

No, they're taking their own packed lunches.

 

Coach hire of over £600 on a school day, when the coaches are sat around doing nothing is an absolute piss take.

From the school to the aquarium and back is about a 35 mile round trip.

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