kate coulthard

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Keir_Starmer If thats what you think- you defo do not get it

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@damechatprrr @vickygrayson_ Sometimes its a lot to do with the environment, size, noise, space etc and often indi schools have the environment the child needs to cope

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@OllyMetcalfe Is it more financially viable for very small schools due to the startup payments etc??

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@GBNEWS @CamillaTominey Parents have choices until you price them out with a ridiculous VAT on education

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@RobParsonsNorth @JonathanBrash What an idiot 🙄

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

The Education government team saying the Ed Sec doesn’t need lectures from successful school leaders because the Ed Sec went to school herself would be like the

Health Secretary saying he doesn’t want to hear from doctors because he once went to hospital.

Madness.🙄

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@IsabelPat1886 @oflynnsocial @BellaWallerstei @EducationNotTax @bphillipsonMP Definitely this, I agree with both and ultimately this is an attack on quality and choice - with children in both sectors, both this labour implementations feel pretty terrible for all.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@alexhrbfc @anaboultertv @CamillaTominey @AllisonPearson @EducationNotTax @robprogressive Agree but in rural areas this is impossible, nearest school 10 miles away

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@JudasandChariot @CF_Farrow £8.99 in aldi - I think many people can get a pair if they needed to.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@CF_Farrow @Msg4Eu Great point, shows up what a flawed ideology it is

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@topsyscatmum @CF_Farrow What a mean spiteful response- hardly the posters fault that other people also have struggles

[James B Watt MBE @JamesBWatt]

I send both of my daughters to a state school.

I went to a state school.

I believe 100% in the state education system.

However, Labour’s new tax on private school fees is nothing other than a bitter, vindictive and petty policy that results in everyone losing out.

The policy will worsen the education of every child in the UK, regardless of what school they are in, and it will result in less tax overall in the government coffers.

This is not just my view, but the view of the Independent Schools Council and their Chief Executive Julie Robinson who stated:

‘The negative effects of this unprecedented tax on education will be felt by families and children across state and independent schools.’

Adding that it is likely that the new policy will actually COST the treasury money.

With the new policy:

State Schools are going to lose out – experts predict an influx of 40,000 – 50,000 of additional pupils coming into an already stressed state school system.

The treasury is going lose out – if someone sends their child to a private school the state saves around £10,000 per year and the person is already paying taxes for a service they don’t use.

The UK is going to lose out – VAT on private education is against EU law. No other European Union country charges VAT on private education. This further reducing UK overall international competitiveness.

Pupils are going to lose out – according to the Independent School Council the new policy will decrease the quality of education for children in both private and public schools.

Just like with their catastrophic business policies Labour refuse to listen to any expert, such as the Independent Schools Council or the Confederation of British Industry and just bury their head in the sand.

VAT on school fees is bad for children, bad for families, bad for the UK and according to experts will result in LESS tax revenue overall.

Yet, Bridget Phillipson, Labour’s Education Secretary boasted about wearing the deluded new tax as ‘a badge of honour’.

It is so sad to see what is currently happening to our country, to our economy and to our children’s futures.

Please let me know your thoughts on the UK’s new tax on private education and how it may impact your family.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Stormcloyd @CreEnglish That is true but you must also accept that now others have that choice removed - I guess if you feel that is progress we just have to differ.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Stormcloyd @CreEnglish I disagree, its removing choices for so many.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Stormcloyd @CreEnglish No its the opposite - its removing choice

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@AlanOgden18 @anaboultertv I dont accept that! Guess who taught us that phrase. He shared his classes at the same school with people who were privately educated.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Morsecat @afneil @MailOnline You are entitled to your opinion but there are so many different indi schools and not all Eton. One of my kids has SEND and so we are certainly not interested in buying connections, just to make it in to an environment he can handle everyday. Ideally I would like that via state.

[kate coulthard @kaytee14c]

@Morsecat @TheHangedMan18 @Brexit011 @afneil @MailOnline This is the only argument I have seen that helps me understand why state school parents think this unfair VAT could help but I have kids at both indi & state so im already invested in wanting the best state edu pos but I want choice too #sendmum