The Hustler
This thread was opened by missnellpell aka sk4644. The question concerned a "residential groundschool" costing over £5,500. There was no mention of a PPL.
Now, I might be wrong, but I'd bet on that being a residential ATPL goundschool with xATS. That lasts a little over 6 months.
BTW, not all schools rip you off in this manner. Hindsight is great, but it is worth shopping around before paying the deposit. I've been able to avoid handing loads of cash over to schools in advance and managed to train with excellent schools so far