Parents of children who are taking/have taken GCSEs

[jjk]

we havent been charged any admin fee at my sons school

 

[wilma-bride]

Wel, having written to the school to ask them to justify the costs, Sian's form came home with a sticky note saying 'Please return with £2 admin costs to cover posting of certificates'. I'm still not convinced as she is returning ot the school in September for 6th form. However, I sent in a chq for £45 to cover prom, yearbook and admin costs only for them to reject my cheque because, apparently, the £2 needs to go into a different account so needs to be a separate payment - that school is really starting to get on my nerves

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Send the £2 in in pennies as a protest!

 

[Chilly]

Send the £2 in in pennies as a protest!

Oh I like it

 

[mark&sue]

Kirsty is off to Thorpe Park with the school as their end of year trip and they are charging £34.50. I now think her school must be making on this too!!! It must be catching. We definately don't live that far from Thorpe Park because even I can drive there and I don't drive hardly anywhere nowdays!!!

Hope they all have a great time and wish I was going with them.



Susan

 

[higgy66]

Kirsty is off to Thorpe Park with the school as their end of year trip and they are charging £34.50. I now think her school must be making on this too!!! It must be catching. We definately don't live that far from Thorpe Park because even I can drive there and I don't drive hardly anywhere nowdays!!!

Hope they all have a great time and wish I was going with them.



Susan

I would question this because I know the school my DDs go to are quite open with parents regarding trips and they have told us they are not allowed to make a profit from any school outings. We recently all got a £1.50 refund from a recent outing as more kids had gone so the individual costs went down.

 

[joolz1910]

It might be the cost of the coaches. I know our coaches cost between £200 -£250 and they seat around 50. The costs could also cover staff tickets...

Having said that, there is usually a discount on ticket prices for school bookings.

 

[Ware Bears]

Bit of a cheek re the £2 ~ the most they should have been asking for was an SAE.

It's interesting reading on here what other schools charge for things. My eldest DD left school last year ~ she collected her GCSE results but there would have been no charge for posting them out, the yearbook was £5, and her prom ticket cost £15 but was refunded if the student had exemplary behaviour and completed a minimum number of hours study revision. OK, I know it's bribery but it worked for DD and her friends

My middle DD is off on a trip to Thorpe Park with the same school next month ~ they are paying £33 each but I think that's reasonable as it also covers coach fare and the supervising adults' entrance tickets.