_pH_ said:
...CH is a fee-paying public school, that also happens to take children from families with limited income on scholarships...
You've got this the wrong way round: It is a school for families with limited income and other needs, which just happens to take a tiny number of full-fee paying children.
Describing £150/year (or even the higher amounts) as "fee-paying" is disingenuous as well: for 30 weeks per year this works out at about £5/week, and it covers all food, uniforms, transport, trips, books, other bills etc - in fact it is far less than it would cost these same low-income families to keep their children at home. Most families get weekly child benefits which are higher than this. (£17/week for the eldest child and £11.40/week for each further child - which gives £510 and £342 respectively for 30 weeks).
On top of this many children get extra grants and help with travel to and from school and many other things as well.
Just in case anyone missed it the first time round:
Annual review 2003-2004 (pages 5 & 6)
Assessed income brackets of current parents:
Under £7,500 ........................ 19%
£7,500 – £12,495 .................... 20%
£12,401 - £20,000 ................... 26%
£20,001 – £30,000 ................... 23%
£30,001 – £40,000 .................... 7%
£40,001 – £50,000 .................... 2%
Over £57,000 ......................... 3%
Net Assessed Income Annual contribution (After deductions, see examples above) to Christ’s Hospital
£ 7,499 pa (and below) .......... Nil
£7,500 pa ............. £150
£12,000 pa .......... £1,200
£20,000 pa .......... £4,600
£30,000 pa .......... £9,900
£35,000 pa .......... £12,775
£43,651 pa .......... £17,900
source:
http://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/58.pdf (page 3)
Christ’s Hospital’s charitable purpose, expressed in our Mission Statement is the education of children in need. Need is a subjective concept and it includes children from all walks of life whose family circumstances may include loss of one or both parents, lack of appropriate education provision, inadequate housing, poor health, low income or some combination of these and other social pressures. When need is assessed some of these elements are given a ‘needs’ score based on a wealth of information provided by parents and primary schools; the higher the need the higher the score.
The following graphs indicate the nature of the parental constituency that we serve:
Marital status
Two Parent Family 51%
Divorced 17%
Unmarried 14%
Separated 12%
Widowed 3%
Guardians 2%
Orphans 1%
Social status
Professional 1%
Managerial 2%
White Collar 51%
Skilled Manual 3%
Unskilled 17%
Not Economically Active 14%
[nb - don't blame me that this doesn't add up to 100%
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Parental contributions are assessed on the total family income of the home in which the child resides, interest and dividend payments, plus a percentage of any financial and other assets above £25,000 eg. a second property and savings. Housing benefits and Disability Living Allowance are disregarded.
We deduct Tax and National Insurance and allow a percentage for mortgage and/or rent payments (restricted to 12.5% of your total income). We also deduct annual costs for Council Tax, Water Rates, Buildings Insurances, Mortgage Protection Insurances, Childminding/nursery fees essential for a parent to work and maintenance paid out by Court Order.
All earned income excluding tax and NI of the parent/s, step parents/s, common law spouse or partners who form a family unit in which the child resides.
Factors taken into account
* Interest and dividend payments.
* A percentage of any financial and other assets above £25,000 eg. a second property and savings.
* Any other regular income from which the home benefits.
* Maintenance allowance received.
* Interest from any investments or savings accounts.
* Money paid to any member of the family as a gift or Covenant.
* Income from property.
* Any other income.
* If you are in receipt of DSS Benefits, many Benefits are included eg. Working Family Tax Credit, CTC, Job Seekers Allowance, Council Tax Rebate, Income Support, Incapacity Benefit, Pensions (including invalidity) etc. We include the majority of DSS Benefits. Some key exclusions are Housing Benefits and Disability Living Allowance.
Very interesting 
