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I am totally disgusted with this school.There must be parents that feel inadequate.I could understand if the trip was next week,but its in March.I dont know if children whos parents get benefits go free but all the working parents have to pay.As my daughter said its first pay that can go.Other parents if told the same will probably try and save and then it will be too late all places taken..Daughter said if she had only paid £10 and could not have afforded the rest there would have still been children that would have jumped in so dont know what the problem is?Thats my grumble of the day treat everyone the same.
Annie

I was a headteacher until I retired and always made provision for parents to pay for trips etc. a little at a time. There was a ruling that no pupil could be excluded from activities because of the parents' inability to pay. However, it's eight years since I retired so things may have changed. Are the school governors aware of this policy - if that's what it is? If not, maybe they should be made aware of it.

Annie

pretty sure ours would of let you pay in instalments so totally unfair of the school.

Tiddler has just got a netbook through school and if they want to bring them home to use then we have to pay £6 a month, school have made it possible to pay any way you can and if you dont want to thats fine they just keep them in school so they still have them to use in lessons.

I know there is funding available to schools for children on free school dinners for trips and definitely shouldnt be peanalised because you wanted to pay in installments.

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this sault of thing make my very mad
if your daughter was on benafits her child could of gone on the school trip for free some think eals the schools dont tell the perants

i told this to my daughter once and she hapend to be in the school office when another mum was telling the resepanist that she couldent pay for her twins to go on a trip

yep my daughter nowing the other mum was on benafits told her in frount of the resepanist that was dident have to pay
resepanist wasent to happy

and i think your daughters school was meen on not letting her pay off for the trip as most school do give you this opshion

being in work or not dosent meen you have the money in full

i also think its unfair good job you were there to help out
its always the same money talks

I think this is totally unfair.My daughter had a letter home on Wednesday about a school trip in March.My daughter is a single mum of 3.The trip was £30.She went into the school today and asked if she could pay £10 a week for three weeks so my grandson could go.Was told no and there was 200 places and now only 30.My daughter does also work but with 3 boys cost a bomb.Its not a problem as we have paid for him but what about all the other children like my daughter that can not afford money in one go.I thought schools were more sympathetic and gave every child the chance.
Annie