Our daughter and SIL are currently looking at the possibility of a boarding school education for our grandchildren.
If (quite a big if, in these budget cutting days) available, it would be largely, but not fully, funded by the army under the continuity of education scheme.
This would see the boy to GCSE , but the lass only to age 14, when our SIL is due to leave the pongoes.
This is causing some anguish/heart-searching as we can all see our girl having to switch from a frankly privileged milieu, to a state comp at age 14.
Having been to a boarding school (state - so free tuition, for my final years of schooling) as service brat myself, I think know just how beneficial boarding can be for some young people.
What do other members think?
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