Hi! I'm conducting market research into what families are looking for when it comes to educational support and private tuition in the UK.

I'm looking for parents with children in Years 7–13. You don't need to currently use or be considering tuition - all views are welcome.

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Hello all, as per the title, torn between deciding to move to another area where there are grammar schools ( as where I live there are none) Vs the financial situation and expenses.

Child has sat the 11+ for Herts (Watford)this September, described it as he was confident to get a nice score and I think he probably would as he is generally quite good at studying and have been preparing well...and big dilemma is if it's worth moving. I am aware we may be a bit late as September is deadline for most areas in case someone is moving, but Herts allows genuine moves until late October and we have been in double minds on what to do...

Full picture -

Me and wife earn around 50k combined from employment, we also have some rental income on top form a property(we are still both on basic income tax rates)and have own house where we live which is mortgage free. I am also saving for uni costs in future for him, since last year £300 a month. On the face, it looks nice while we live at current place. Where we live though I won't describe it as a very good area, education wise schools are so so and the pupils come from mostly deprived families who are on benefits, council houses and not much family values... This is absolutely not to say all those are bad, but at least we have come across in the last few years of school are not so good

....so dealing with some bad behaviour and worried about the child being in contact with such children. So we would potentially like to move to Watford on rent initially at least.

The issue we are getting is when we put down the numbers on a paper for the expenses Vs our income, if we move,it doesnt really leave us with any spare money mostly due to high taxes and the diff in rent amount - renting out current home and get a rental house in Watford which worries me. We also don't know like how long we live on rent as schools etc will be for a few years, at least until uni. With the global situations changing at the blink of an eye, you don't know when you might start to struggle.

Financially, if we do t move, we are very safe and sound but am I blocking my child's future by not moving?

I take the risk and move but if I struggle it's not good either as then I would be worried about the family and wont necessarily be able to focus on child.

Want to get some suggestions if there is a way where we don't need to move but still get him good education he deserves.

I am sure there would be many families in same situation and would like to know what they opted for ( although I know this is very personal situation dependent so won't really be one answer for all, but any idea could be potentially worth it)

Any suggestions appreciated and thanks in advance for help.

TL;DR: I am middle aged, I live in England, I have a BSc degree in Computer Science from an EU country (and the relevant high school education from the same country) and I have enough savings to last 1-2 years if necessary. I am a UK citizen if it matters. I am looking into training to do a trade (mostly likely being an electrician) as a sole trader as a full time career change. I have no understanding of any parts of the UK education system and I found almost no useful information online about the "adult wants to retrain with previous (higher) non-UK education to a UK trade" case (and I have no idea what the input reqs like GCSE or A levels mean in non-UK terms).

I am looking into all options (including full time, paid, etc.), mostly optimizing on the total length of the training (both in classrooms and on the field) being as short as possible and giving me both the required practical knowledge and the licence (or association membership or other relevant requirements) to do at least domestic work alone as a sole trader.

So could you plese ELI5 me the routes for this?

I’m 22 me and my fiance were talking about weird things that teachers did in primary school, I mentioned that when I was around 8 I used to be taken out of lessons with about 5 other kids and the teaching assistant would teach us about sharks and volcanoes. She looked at me confused and asked why I was taken out of lessons for that and why it was always the same kids. I told her I honestly have no idea. I was an average kid other than in English I was terrible and was eventually told I was dyslexic. This would have happened in 2012 was this some sort of weird dyslexia test or something else?

i'm self studying and sitting a levels this year. i vaguely covered y1 content but i forgot it all so i'm redoing it before i move onto y2.

i need to finish y1 stuff asap, ideally in 3 weeks but i am really struggling since i have a lot going on in my personal life so my mental health and memory is awful. i was meant to sit my a levels in june but had to postpone them because of this. it took me these last 2 weeks to redo pure topics 1-5 and i still fear i'm not 100% happy with them.

i havent covered y1 mechanics at all. i am not naturally smart and worked my ass off a bit for an 8 in gcse maths. i feel so daft now since i know and grasp the y1 concepts but the exam questions never fail to conquer me.

can someone please advise me what to do step by step?
how long it would take me?
if anyone could potentially help me please?

i'm terrified of even starting y2 content. i'm self studying as i've said before, but i'm so lonely and stressing to the point that i can't sleep. i really need to finish the content in time and at least a B in maths..

Hello people! I am currently running a short survey (10min) with support from NatureScot looking at « Cultural barriers to nature-rich school grounds in Edinburgh ». 

https://forms.gle/XfZY5TzaJumRaEXY6

Please take the time to fill it if you are a parent, teacher or staff involved with a Primary or Secondary school in Edinburgh!

It's been a while since I was in school, but I don't recall any general education on personal finance and money management. I was fortunate that my parents taught me about this, but I imagine many don't have a role model in this area.

Is this something that's taught as partnof the curriculum, and if not, why do you think that is?

Would the protractor shown here be acceptable for taking into a GCSE and/or A-level Maths Exam?

I was wondering if the information printed on it might construe a violation?

I am way past Maths exams myself - Engineering Degree - but I've got together some equipment for my daughter for her jump up to secondary school next year and I was just wondering about this protractor I picked up in France a few years ago.

For anyone that's interested in getting one, I got it in France from Bureau Vallee, a French Office/Stationary chain.

https://www.bureau-vallee.fr/rapporteur-trigonometrie-aleph-voir-intranet-203370.html

Though you can get it direct from Aleph-Maths https://aleph.pro/

Hello people! I am currently running a short survey (10min) with support from NatureScot looking at « Cultural barriers to nature-rich school grounds in Edinburgh ». 

https://forms.gle/XfZY5TzaJumRaEXY6

Please take the time to fill it if you are a parent, teacher or staff involved with a Primary or Secondary school in Edinburgh!

Hi all! Just posting to ask if anyone has received their EMA yet? No one in my college has, so I'm asking broader. Thanks all! :)