A MOTHER-OF-THREE has expressed her frustration after her parents were no longer able to fund their grandchildren's tuition fees. According to data by Killik & Co, a whopping 18 per cent of parents with children attending a private school had received financial help from their parents. But now one mum, Diana Smith*, has revealed how relying on her parents for tuition fees has taken a horrific turn, the i reported .
According to the mum, the couple have three daughters - who are in Year 12, Year 9, and Year 7 - and they've all been at the same independent school in London since they were seven ''and are all really happy''. The school, which has not been named, is said to offer ''impressive resources for music, art, and sport, and it achieves really good academic results''. The girls, the mum said, have been loving the ''intimate feel'' and overall appear to be ''thriving'' in the small environment - so much so that the eldest got 8s and 9s in her GCSES.
However, it's never been the parents paying for the fees - according to the mother, the couple's combined household income is £93k before tax, which is the same as the total cost of the girl’s school fees per year. The independent school charges an eye-watering £10k per term per child, which brings the total to £30k a term - or an astronimical £90k for the year. ''We do the extras – the school trips, uniforms and that sort of thing – but they cover the fees.
''I am so incredibly grateful to my parents for what they’.
