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Re: How much cash for a wedding gift?

At the risk of stating the obvious this is very much a 'how long's a piece of string' question, with e.g. the conventions at a royal wedding being very different to what you'd expect at a very modest affair. So much depends on the means of the wedding couple [and families] & their guests, the am...
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Topic: How much cash for a wedding gift?
Replies: 4
by TFP
Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:28 pm

Re: Paying a nanny in cash?

Casting my mind back a bit now but we’d certainly pay our live-out nanny in cash for any evening babysitting and just maybe the odd bit of other overtime but generally speaking we did everything by the book when it came to regular hours, we had to use a company to help with the tax, and had to pay a...
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Topic: Paying a nanny in cash?
Replies: 9
by TFP
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:47 pm

Re: Wandsworth test

So if we are not in the catchment area, does that mean it will be harder to get into Graveney? You should read the website. It works *roughly* as follows (excluding funnies such as kids in care, kids of staff, etc): 1) are you one of the highest 75 scorers in the test who’ve not rejected Graveney? ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Wandsworth test
Replies: 12
by TFP
Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:01 pm

Re: Wandsworth test

with a score in the mid 250's or better I'd be comfortable buying a graveney uniform right now (well I'd wait because kids can grow unexpectedly but you get my drift). mid 240s to early 250s I'd be confident but know there was some risk, I'd have half an eye on other options. late 230s through early...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Wandsworth test
Replies: 12
by TFP
Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:21 am

Re: Wandsworth test

Does Wandsworth publish any statistics on the percentiles? E.g. a score of 255 would correspond to (I'm making this up) the 95th percentile, i.e. only the top 5% of pupils achieves this grade? not really but there have been foi requests in the past, eg see https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wan...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Wandsworth test
Replies: 12
by TFP
Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:17 am

Re: Organising assets from previous relationships ahead of marriage

Both of you should put your respective properties into seperate trusts for your children with them having no control until the youngest 25 years old,using a specilist solicitor. This will prevent costly arguments should they arise at a later date post marrage.will also cynically prevent any pre mar...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Organising assets from previous relationships ahead of marriage
Replies: 8
by TFP
Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:32 pm

Re: Is it time to ban 4x4s?

Yes, I think it is time we overhauled the rules on SUV use in cities. 2 eight year old girls have died. Their families devastated. It's simply awful. Inexcusable. It is a slow road around the front of the school, the sheer weight and power of that Land Rover took it through a metal fence, across a ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Is it time to ban 4x4s?
Replies: 20
by TFP
Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:08 pm

Re: Au pair cost

As others have said, the cost has about doubled post Brexit. Most of the specialist agencies and websites have either exited the market or exist in a much reduced form. So some of the information they’ve got on their sites may not be up to date.
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Topic: Au pair cost
Replies: 20
by TFP
Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:37 pm

Re: Private primary school

Selecting out 'high fliers' for special attention at an inappropriately young age is a particularly dismal aspect of the way we treat kids in this country. The autumn births issue comes up time after time. It's arguably at its worst in sports. e.g. in football, every year the guardian newspaper prod...
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Topic: Private primary school
Replies: 17
by TFP
Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:43 pm

Re: Graveney school

I have a child in an extension class. There is a bit of an issue with diversity - of the three bands, the top and bottom bands do look very different [you'd rarely mistake one for the other if you saw a full class together walking between lessons] but the middle band is fairly inbetween-y. I'd never...
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Topic: Graveney school
Replies: 7
by TFP
Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:40 am

Re: After school nanny eating our food

The replies so far have covered all the main points. As already noted, finish time is key. Finishing much later than 18:00, certainly as late as 19:00, would IMO bring create a strong presumption that the nanny would able to eat your food. The nanny also needs to be sensible, e.g.: (a) Expecting to ...
Forum: Childcare
Topic: After school nanny eating our food
Replies: 25
by TFP
Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:08 pm

Re: Are independent schools better than state? Primary.

It really depends what you mean. e.g. if the money wouldn't be missed much and if going state would involve a significant departure from the 'norms' within your family etc then it's a no brainer to go private. If you're in the opposite position then it's a no brainer to go state. Assuming that you'r...
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Topic: Are independent schools better than state? Primary.
Replies: 10
by TFP
Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:22 pm

Re: Husband thinks timing good to sell family home and rent. Is he right?

The warnings in this thread are all very sensible, though I suppose the last few days' news haven't exactly weakened the case for doing something like this.
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Husband thinks timing good to sell family home and rent. Is he right?
Replies: 19
by TFP
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:36 am

Re: Husband thinks timing good to sell family home and rent. Is he right?

it'd be unlikely to work out imo, though it's possible of course. if you'd owned in the late 80s, sold up, and then snuck back in a few years later, it'd with hindsight I daresay have worked in your favour, but primarily because interest rates were so high back then that renting was a good bit cheap...
Forum: Homes & Garden
Topic: Husband thinks timing good to sell family home and rent. Is he right?
Replies: 19
by TFP
Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:37 pm

Re: Husband obsessed with son doing Oxbridge

Education wise, oxbridge is better if you can get in, on account of there being more undergraduate teaching time. It can also be much cheaper than the other universities, on account of the 8 week terms and [often, it varies by uni and college] guaranteed onsite accommodation. The state used to [very...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Husband obsessed with son doing Oxbridge
Replies: 16
by TFP
Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:10 pm