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MEET the mum who has is paying her son to do well in his GCSE exams - with £100 up for grabs for every grade nine achieved. Lynn Beattie, 47, came up with the idea over 30 years ago when she was just 16-years-old. After discovering that her friends were being rewarded for their results, Lynn desperately wanted her parents to follow suit - but they refused.

Since then, Lynn vowed that if she ever had children of her own, she would do the same. True to her word she has come up with a bonus scheme for her 16-year-old son who is currently in the middle of his exams. For every grade 3 (D/E to U) or below he will get £0.



A grade 4 (C/D) will net him £10, a grade 5 (C) £25, grade 6 (B) £40, grade 7 (A) £50, grade 8 (A*) £75 and grade 9 (A**) £100. She estimates she'll be paying her son around £600 for his 10 results, based on his predicted grades. If he got top marks in everything, he could have made £1,000.

Lynn's strategy has faced backlash from other parents who have questioned her decision to reward the result, not the effort. But mum-of-three Lynn has defended her plan, arguing that it "prepares him for adult life" and says she's "worked hard and earned enough" to reward her son. Lynn, a personal finance expert from Knebworth, Hertfordshire, said: "It's really polarised people's views - some think it's a great idea, others are really against it.

"I think it's a precedent for adult life. "In my experience, when I've worked hard, I've been paid well - he's 16 and I'm pr.

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