Ken Jones, Bursar, Normanhurst School, Oaklands School and Coopersale Hall SchoolWe've been using the HTC monthly scheme in our 3 schools for several years now and it has proved to be extremely popular with parents, enabling those who so wish to opt for installments rather than termly settlement of fees, and thereby making the choice of an independent education more accessible.
Customer Service is first class: the 'team' are well trained and particularly friendly and helpful. I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association.
Private schools are poised for inflation-busting fee rises again this year, blaming spiralling utility bills and staffing costs including national insurance contributions.
If there is one certainty in uncertain times, it is that school fees will go up. This year, however, is unlikely to see the inflation busting increases of the past decade.
Society puts moral pressure on parents to send their children to state schools, says chair of private schools association
Whatever the state of the economy, private education is costly, so start saving early. Chiara Cavaglieri reports
In the final part of our series on the Coping Classes, we look at how the economic downturn is affecting parents' ability to pay the school fees – and at the graduates who can't afford to leave home.
The credit crunch has led to a “massive surge” in parents being pursued for unpaid school fees, according to the leading firm of lawyers representing independent schools.
Fees at some independent schools will soon exceed £30,000 a year, according to the Good Schools Guide.
The Leader Spring 2008
