Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
In fairness you probably look at them quite often but chose not to accept them or understand them!!

Strangely fees at Eton are "only" 63,000 per year - so just a 10k uplift on the mid tier schools I looked at earlier and that is inclusive of VAT. If you are going to have a donut, may as well have it with fresh cream and go to Eton!

What does seem common is the vast gulf in cost between day pupils and boarders - you can get the education and use of most facilities for half the cost of the full monty. Is it therefore value for money to board? I suspect this is where many schools make their money - especially where the guildings have been historically fully paid for
Many schools keep their heads above water (and some not, RIP Ockbrook Moravian amongst others) by taking in foreign boarders, mainly Chinese from my recollection