Private School or Govenment School?

Thank you again Ladies, what an insight, I'm glad this topic was created.

thanks! My LG is home with the nanny at the moment but I am looking at somewhere to ease her in before she starts at Curro.

My friends kids are at trinity grd 1 and grd 5 this year.

My personal opinion is they push the kids very hard. Too hard in fact. They don't really have chance to just be kids coz the expectation is very high. I din't even consider it.

Hi Dinky,

have not seen the school yet, I have arranged to come view it next week. But I have heard very good report on the Curro Aurora. I have kids, both girls and both go to Child Educare Centre in Randpark Ridge, just down the road from Rand Ridge Mall. I also can not imagine myself waiting on the que.

what about Trinity House.? anyone has any comment about Trinity?

have you been to the school Bandile?

We loved it. It is Curro's flagship school.

Emily is starting at Solaria in 2015 - she will be 2.5

Meridian is cheaper than Curro.

I am not keen to stand in a que at a Government school from 3am to be told my kid is no 23 on the wait list! Which is what happened to a friend.

Bandile what school is ur LG at now?

Thank You Ladies.

I have also been to Curro Website a number of times. they have sent me waitlist form to complete and return it with R500.00 Non Refundable, they are already full for 2015, the year my daughter starts grade 1, so she will be number 5 on the waiting list.

Its definitely worth the sacrifice to send them to private schools when we can.

Hi
I did a cost comparison last year and Curro will be more costly than Model C.
Please don't look only at the annual fees, there are other costs and levies.
The Basic fee for Curro Century City (Cape Town) is also 30K

There is now Curro Schools and Meridian Schools (also part of the Curro Group) the Meridian Schools are about half the cost of the Curro schools.

The Curro website has lots of info.
Check it out.

I'm opting to send my LO to private school from age 4 in 2015. Started saving already and will make it work. It is worth the sacrifice.

Although I am in Gauteng, I have heard great things from Curro schools. Unfortunately the cost is much higher here in Gauteng compared to normal government schools.

Government school (old model c type) - R11 000 per year
Curro - R29 000 per year (this is the avarage per year for primary school, although grade prices differ)

Perhaps the cost comparison looks different in the cape area.

This is also for us a big concern - deciding what school. There are so many factors to consider!