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    Private school refund

    As I pay £120 per school day per child was wondering if anybody on here has ever tried to get a refund from private schools and were you successful?

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    Good lawyer is £ 500 per hour.

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      #3
      Do you pay per day? i.e are you invoiced by the school 20x£120x number of children every month?

      I pay the school fees on a term by term basis with the payments being split throughout but the contractual terms are for a term with 1 term notice period...

      getting a pro rata refund might be tricky.
      If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. - Red Adair

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        #4
        Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
        As I pay £120 per school day per child was wondering if anybody on here has ever tried to get a refund from private schools and were you successful?
        I suspect the school is now heading rapidly towards bankruptcy and you will be at the bottom of the list of unsecured creditors.
        merely at clientco for the entertainment

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          #5
          Originally posted by Bluespider View Post
          Do you pay per day? i.e are you invoiced by the school 20x£120x number of children every month?

          I pay the school fees on a term by term basis with the payments being split throughout but the contractual terms are for a term with 1 term notice period...

          getting a pro rata refund might be tricky.
          No I pay per term, I just divided the annual school fees + mandatory meal costs by the number of actual school days per year

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            #6
            Originally posted by eek View Post
            I suspect the school is now heading rapidly towards bankruptcy and you will be at the bottom of the list of unsecured creditors.
            I checked their balance sheet and they have 30 million in cash

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              #7
              Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
              I checked their balance sheet and they have 30 million in cash
              As I corrected a audit partner 30 years ago so we could head to the pub, look at the date on the transaction, they had £30m in cash on the day in question.
              merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                #8
                Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
                As I pay £120 per school day per child was wondering if anybody on here has ever tried to get a refund from private schools and were you successful?
                There's more chance of Donald Trump becoming president of the US, Boris becoming Prime Minister and the world collapsing due a pandemic.

                In other words, I seriously doubt you'll get a refund but you never know.
                England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by eek View Post
                  As I corrected a audit partner 30 years ago so we could head to the pub, look at the date on the transaction, they had £30m in cash on the day in question.
                  £ 30 mln 24 hour loan at the end of the year....

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                    #10
                    Good question, but I pay for insurance I'm hoping that will cover a refund.
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