Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Yikes.

Which house are you? We are Thornton A...

Wish I hadn't opened the letter at all; then I could carry on in blissful ignorance!

Can't believe you haven't had it yet. It isn't alphabetical then, is it? I suppose you might know before the end of term????

as the strong musical tradition of the school opens up so many opportunities to those pupils fortunate enough to be able to get involved. Absolutely. DD was unable to have music teaching at her primary, as we could not afford it, and was so pleased to be able to at CH. She has a lovely singing voic...

Thank you - I am gearing up to call them tomorrow - I am too shocked to speak today! We are hoping that they might have made a mistake.......

Well we have finally had the letter and our fees have gone from nothing to nearly £3k pa. We have no spare money per month and cannot understand how this has been worked out. We will now have to pay for music too, so DD will have to give up oboe and singing. Plus her little sister will have to wave...

Opening a dialogue between school and parents about how best to maintain the school's tradition of helping the neediest, without disadvantaging too badly those families who bring with them the money that helps to support those neediest, could go a long way towards easing some of the frustration tha...

Hmmm ....... "clerk to the governors" here....though NOT of CH! Some private / public schs do have governors, others have a board, others have a council. Rules really depend on set-up of school, although I am NOT an expert. As you (of all people) know!!!! My old school was a limited compan...

It's Sussex By The Sea which always sets me off when they play it. Ah yes - Doug (DD's biological grandfather) was in the Royal Sussex Regiment (it is "their" song) and he says they played it better than the regimental band. He boasted about it on their regimental messageboard last year.....

Help! I have lost all information about Saturday - what happens when? Please can someone enlighten me? Thanks!!!!

Wen all went to the first day - family outing, which appeared to be normal.

We have equity but there is no way we would be lent more as we earn so little. I am over my overdraft every month for a week while we wait for the next miniscule bit of money to come in; we call it austerity week! This month's started yesterday..... And we have not had any indication of fees for nex...

she needed to either remortgage

You can't remortgage if you can't afford increasd repayments.

Thanks! Will try to remember.....