Our children

Our nation’s children are far more important than people realise! Of course, the Labour Party doesn’t understand this as it stupidly rules with a ‘politics of envy’, policy…nothing more!

All private schools are not Eton or Harrow! Many are much smaller concerns, actually. And all private school customers are not ultra rich! Many have worked extra hours, scrimped, saved and gone without themselves, in order to send their children to their chosen, private school, for whatever reason. And as many private schools have had ‘charitable status’, they have also been able to offer various facilities to those children who are less privileged. And that’s how it’s been …until now.

In its wisdom, the despicable, narrow minded, blinkered Labour Party has decided to impose a 20% VAT charge on private school fees. 

What Labour don’t really ‘get’ is that there are now many children whose parents simply can’t afford the rise in fees. Through no fault of their own, these children will be parted from their friends and everything that was secure for them in their world of education. And where are they likely to end up? 

There won’t be room in the state schools closest to them, even though the local authorities have to provide education for them. It could mean travelling some way, thus disrupting the family’s routine etc. And those children who have been fortunate enough to use the facilities at many private schools, will now find that avenue of pleasure has been taken away.

This govt couldn’t give a damn about the nation’s children!

And from where are they going to suddenly get a load of qualified teachers to work in the state schools? Where are they going to site the extra classrooms? As well as this, there is no rule re class sizes after KS1. In England and Wales, legislation sets out the class size for KS1 as 30 pupils per class but there’s no legislation for KS2 or for secondary pupils. 

It is said that 14,000 teachers, a day, are off work with sickness! How would they ever cope with more children in their classes?! The more who are off sick, the more we pay for supply teachers!

And what about this…

Private schools also employ NOT JUST teachers! There are many other jobs at private schools: groundsmen, gardeners, cooks and kitchen staff, handymen, cleaners, caretakers, administrators…and so on. Their jobs will be at risk, if private schools decide to close or make cuts. 

Did this useless govt think about that? OF COURSE NOT!

You cannot run a country on ‘ENVY’! 

Of course, we all know what’s coming next…there will be a plan to get rid of grammar schools, naturally.

As a long time, state school teacher, I was always proud of my profession and the state school system in which I worked. Yet, I am also all for grammar schools, private schools, technical schools ( which are sadly lacking nowadays) etc….

We shouldn’t  have a ‘one size fits all’ system for our children. Every child is different, with different needs, different skills, etc. And that is why govt ministers, ( many of which have had the privilege of a private school education!) who have no qualifications in Education, should not be allowed to meddle, wreck and ruin the schooling of our children! 

And so…

I wish every luck to those independent schools that are now getting together to take these clowns to court. As that is exactly what they are!

Our children deserve so much better!