State School Cost GBP 22k

State School Cost £22k Per Child.

Aviva have conducted research into the pricing of sending a child to school.  It was found that to send a child to school for just a year was £1,614.  This made up a total of £22,596 over the whole school period.

In the last 5 years there has been a rise of 11% in the prices for sending a child to school per year, when applied with the governments new plan of changing leaving age to 18 by 2016 means that there has been a £6,000 increase since 2008.

Our View

The cost of raising a child overall is estimated at over £150,000 overall and these results regarding putting a child through State school are not suprising.  At £1,614pa, this is perhaps what we would all expect, uniforms, travel, lunches, study materials and school trip costs at just over £130pm, or £179pm for actual school terms, will not suprise most.  The family allowance benefit no doubt subsidises these costs for most.

Having a child is expensive and many do so without financial planning.  Contact us for ideas, advice and plans to help you for plan for managing the costs of a child both for state schooling costs as well as other expenses.