Hi CA, Many thanks for your input, seven years ago our son passed the entrance exam for an expensive public school. At the time my wife and I gave him a choice we would support him through to completion of A levels at the private school or he could attend the local dire state comprehensive and we would put the public school fee money in an account and later in life he could choose what to do with it either fund a degree, deposit on property or pay for flying training once his eye problems have been addressed. Having visited the local comprehensive he chose the public school, over the seven years fees plus extras like school meals, bus fares to and from school, field trips etc I reckon we’ve stumped up about £100k give or take a few grand and given him the privileged education that neither my wife or I ever experienced so I reckon my offspring support credentials have been pretty well established thanks.