tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post3452462948462673457..comments2023-09-06T22:30:02.061+10:00Comments on The Knight & Drummer: The Cost of EducationAmfortashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-73731364748547442362019-02-06T10:42:19.269+11:002019-02-06T10:42:19.269+11:00Many people in Oz, of all backgrounds, see catholi...Many people in Oz, of all backgrounds, see catholic schooks as being far better than the others for values, discipline and academic rigour, but less expensive than the more academicly successful (results and connections) Independants.Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-37863443627253750262019-02-06T08:14:29.492+11:002019-02-06T08:14:29.492+11:00Back in the day, when I was in the education busin...Back in the day, when I was in the education business, there was a small town in my area of the north of England that had a significant proportion of Muslim families. The concerned parents of this Muslim community fought tooth and nail (places for non-Catholics were limited) to get their kids into the one government-aided. Catholic school in town. Why? Discipline, moral values and academic achievement might be relevant here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762799932366316379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-21022693788194662512019-02-04T05:13:40.054+11:002019-02-04T05:13:40.054+11:00Not today, except as you would - online but in the...Not today, except as you would - online but in the 90s, we wanted £2000 for a 12 week course, full boarding.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-90013193232294482712019-02-03T22:08:07.434+11:002019-02-03T22:08:07.434+11:00Any idea of the 'average' or median fees/c...Any idea of the 'average' or median fees/costs in your various UK schools?Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-67254147214183834892019-02-03T21:30:26.835+11:002019-02-03T21:30:26.835+11:00I'm so long out of education now but fees do d...I'm so long out of education now but fees do determine salaries. We charged not a lot in London at Prep level and thus a head's salary was similar to a senior teacher's - at another more upmarket school, I was offered twice that just as Computer Science and History [don't ask]. It does affect the quality of staff and also clientele, although many were there for geographical reasons. Most middle-class Londoners could have afforded one child at our school.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com