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Re: Excluded from school sports day

These are such emotional situations, particularly when you feel your child is being denied what you think are formative experiences I would caution against taking too much notice of anyone on here confidently asserting the legalities as we don’t know the circumstances or the position of the school W...
Forum: Schools
Replies: 19
Tue May 30, 2023 9:17 am

Re: London Steiner school in Balham rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted is still not meeting all standards

I sent my girls to this school until they both went to Brit School. Both my girls have turned out great, my eldest has a first class honours degree in Medieval History and my youngest now works at the Brit as a technician. The problem with the Steiner school stems from when it was located on Tootin...
Forum: Local News
Replies: 15
Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:53 pm

Re: Mugging on Old Devonshire Road, Balham

This incident was reported on another social media website.  As stated, the young man was wearing a  Canada Goose Parka coat, an expensive high-end brand, apparently in demand by local gangs.  Shocking incident – but the moral of the story is  … best not to wear premium fashion on the streets of Lo...
Replies: 6
Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:07 am

Re: Are you testing for covid? I feel guilty but don't want to be the only one in London testing!

You’re not meant to be testing anymore than you are meant to be testing for flu

If you feel sick stay home, if not crack on
Replies: 11
Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:45 am

Re: How much do you think I can expect schools fees to increase by

gemima wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:55 am How rude and snotty you are Scottov

Lol. Sorry what?!?
Forum: Schools
Replies: 18
Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:00 am

Re: How much do you think I can expect schools fees to increase by

Onetwothreego wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:09 pmOurs went up by 8%

In this environment that does not surprise me one bit.
Forum: Schools
Replies: 18
Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:48 am

Re: How much do you think I can expect schools fees to increase by

Fees will go up every year, by a minimum of 3 to 4% and often a bit more. There are reasons for this, which often includes increases in the teachers pension scheme which ups the contributions that independent schools need to pay; and then there is mirroring of any general pay rise for teachers in th...
Forum: Schools
Replies: 18
Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:46 am

Re: Sharing restaurant bills

I’m a wine connoisseur type, I’ve got multiple cellars at home and in bonded warehouses with a few thousand bottles for investment and consumption purposes tucked away. I’m that boring and geeky. Many of my friends are in the trade etc And I can safely say your friends are behaving like self absorbe...
Replies: 11
Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:47 am

Re: Just how hard is it to get into a private secondary school in SW London?

Why do you want them to get into a private school? As in why is it so important? Emmanuel is a nice school, but it’s not overly academic and it’s not full either where on earth did you get that information from that Emanuel isnt full??  its the most oversuscribed school we have very nearby especial...
Forum: Schools
Replies: 16
Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:28 am

Re: Just how hard is it to get into a private secondary school in SW London?

Why do you want them to get into a private school? As in why is it so important?

Emmanuel is a nice school, but it’s not overly academic and it’s not full either
Forum: Schools
Replies: 16
Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:17 pm

Re: Sister inherited life changing amount of money but angry my parents want to give me more of their inheritance

If my sister inherited a huge sum of money outside of the family I wouldn't dream of using that as a reason to expect more from my parents. Where do you draw the line? She has a better salary, a wealthier spouse? It's going to get very messy if you expect the exact same financial outcomes for your ...
Replies: 36
Mon May 23, 2022 12:08 pm

Re: Sister inherited life changing amount of money but angry my parents want to give me more of their inheritance

"Unlike her relationship with her own friends and her husband, your sister's relationship with her godmother was not of her making, but something engineered by your parents when she was a baby." We don't know this. I had a very close relationship with my godmother, she took me to the oper...
Replies: 36
Mon May 23, 2022 12:06 pm

Re: Sister inherited life changing amount of money but angry my parents want to give me more of their inheritance

"Unlike her relationship with her own friends and her husband, your sister's relationship with her godmother was not of her making, but something engineered by your parents when she was a baby." We don't know this. I had a very close relationship with my godmother, she took me to the oper...
Replies: 36
Mon May 23, 2022 10:09 am

Re: Sister inherited life changing amount of money but angry my parents want to give me more of their inheritance

If you were in France or anywhere that follows the Napoleónic code (most of Europe) your parents would be forced to divide their estate equally among their heirs and there is good reason for this. In my husband’s family, there has been a decision to leave more to one sibling who has not done so wel...
Replies: 36
Mon May 23, 2022 10:07 am