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Children have the right to a state education. If a promisingly talented intelligent child cannot realise their potential in a state school then it is up to the parent to find a way to get his child into a private school that may give a higher standard of eduaction.
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I agree wholeheartedly...
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If he can't pay for a private school there are many good state schools out there, they may have to move home so the child can attend one.
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This is certainly the best way - although some state schools will take children from just outside their official catchment area if they feel they have sufficient potential.
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The child certainly does not have the "right" to go to a private school and the council should certainly not pay for it.
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Again spot on...
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There are scholaships that can be won, sponsorships that can obtained. The parent may have to get another job to fund it.
If the family cannot fund the education or find an alternative way of funding it then that, I am afraid, is a fact of life.
Unfortunately people don't always get what they want, or what they feel is right. In our society the more financially advantaged will always get the better deal.
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Only too true I can assure you
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Please don't dress this up under the "Special needs" banner. The child does not have special needs. She is a bright child that could perhaps do with going to a "better" school.
She is no more special needs than a toe rag scally kid that refuses to be taught.
If she is indeed so intelligent, she will still obtain al her GCSEs, A levels and whatever degree she chooses.
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Once again a valid point..
Ok - now for my 2c...
My family put me through "private" school (subsidised by the military) after I got to the stage where I had finished all the primary school maths books (and the first 2 of the local secondary school books) by the time I was part way into my last year at primary school.
I sat an exam (the first I knew of it was when I was called in to see the headmistress) and passed.
When my mum divorced my stepdad, she took a crappy settlement to ensure that he continued to pay for me to complete boarding school...
had I not gone to that school, I would have ended up with nothing, because I needed to be motivated in order to achieve - Had I gone to the local state school I would have got away with doing nothing, and would have done so.
I now have a good job, with a good salary, and help my family out whenever I can..
If my kids (when I have them) need to be educated to that higher level, then I will find a way to pay for it..
I do not expect the local council to pay, why should they - as already stated it is more important to help those who need it in order to achieve the basic level of education, than to help someone who is able to achieve beyond that level...
It may sound harsh, but from my own schooling I can sympathise with those that say being gifted is a double edged sword, and if they are forced to be educated with others who are holding them back, then they will get bored and not learn as well as they might... I have been there, I know how true that is.. but my family found a way to fund my education, and believe me they are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.
If they can do it, why can't others...
There are plenty of scholarships, bursaries and part funded places at private schools. If a child shows enough talent (normaly there are exams involved) then the odds are that one of them will help fund their education.
thats my opinion - feel free to agree/disagree as you wish ;-)