Two weeks ago, I got into a heated argument at the Balham Bowling Club, a trendy little bar in Balham. A barroom brawl, you ask? Or a case of twenty something IT or PR girls cat fighting for the local twenty something hunk? Not quite. The occasion was a friend’s 40th birthday party and the [...]
Entries from December 2008
20 December 2008
The public benefit that will cut out the middle classes
Filed under Affordable Education, Charities, Charities Act 2006, Christ's Hospital, Christ's Hospital School, Dulwich Estate, Education-related companies, Fee-paying schools, Independent Schools Council, Independent schools, Individual schools, Means-tested bursaries, New Model School Company, Private schools, Public benefit requirement, Public schools, Whitgift Foundation, Winchester, charitable status; schools, eton, private school
Tags: Affordable Education, affordable school fees, Balham Bowling Club, bursaries, Charities Act 2006, charities commission, Christ's Hospital, Dulwich Estate, eton, guidance, Independent Schools Council, Public benefit requirement, Whitgift Foundation, Winchester
2 December 2008
Eton for less
Ever on the lookout for a good deal, I thought I’d bring yet another one to your collective attention. My main concern has hitherto always been the affordability of independent education for the middle classes with children who don’t quite make it over the scholarship hurdle because, let’s face it, most kids aren’t going to [...]
Filed under Affordable Education, Boarding schools, Christ's Hospital School, Credit crunch, Fee-paying schools, Independent schools, Means-tested bursaries, Public schools, Schools, St George's School, State schools, eton
Tags: borough of reading, burke's peerage, charities commission, city of london, Eton College, hungerford, junior music scholarship, junior scholarship, means-tested, means-testing, new foundation scholarships, newbury, prince harry, prince william, reading, thatcham, twickenham
