Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

It is naive to think that we should be any different. CH is a business for crying out loud. It is in the education business and that is very expensive. We are also a private school and as with all expenses that are private, be they school, doctors, dentists whatever - they are also available free a...

We bought all non-Kukri stuff when we visited the school. Having now seen the Kukri kit, I am very glad we did, and would hope that the school would abandon them as soon as possible. Their clothing appears to have their brand name in a larger font, and more prominently, than the school's crest. It ...

But whether the new partner wants to take on financial responsibility for the children or not, he/she is taking on half the responsibility for the household running costs, ie half the mortgage/rent, half the council tax, half the water rates, half the insurance etc, which needs to be declared as th...

huggermugger wrote:
And to come neatly back to the dental - dentist-fitted mouthguard - £30 plus.

Was that the school Dentist? Our denstist charges £50plus standard and £65 plus if child has a brace.

Well I will be telling every parent I meet in May on New Entrants Day! Perhaps JT could lurk at the railway station with flyers for the site.

lonely mum wrote I wish I'd thought of starting this thread before my daughter started, I'd have saved a fortune if I'd had the benefit of other parents' experience. Thank you all for your tips :D , the thought for the thread came from that I helped many parents at my DC's prep school over past 11 ...

I found the forum a few months ago and have been lurking. My DS has been offered a place at CH (Letter finally arrived 18.05 on Saturday 14th ). In advance of the welcome pack from CH I would like any advice and tips from past/current Parents on items a child will need (sorts of things that schools ...

ailurophile wrote The school's own published data suggests that no less than 20% of current pupils came from independent prep schools, yet only about 4% of families appear to pay an assessed contribution at or above the average cost of a private day school. Doesn't this indicate that some families ...