Where and what kind of home you buy and choosing your career path are the only family decisions you will make which will be bigger than whether to take your child out of main stream public education and into the fee-paying independent sector.
There are as many reasons for independent education as there are children; perhaps it is a family tradition. It could be that you know your career is going to lead to relocation after relocation and boarding is the best way to provide the stability needed during vital times in your children’s education.
No matter how excellent a state school might be, it will always have a ‘one-size-its-all’ approach towards some aspects of school life. This is ine for most of the time but if, for some reason, your son or daughter is the one who is inding it hard to make that it you cannot help but wonder if they would be better off in the independent sector.