Originally Posted by
charliegolf
The allowance can't have been that terribly frozen if you can still claim 3 x £25k!
CG
In context (though it quotes some fees in the article) a pretty normal (decent enough, but not top of the league and not beloved of the ra-ra set) private school near me costs 13.5k per term / 40k+ per year for boarding fees in year 9+. So if we have established that being highly mobile is probably detrimental to your kids' senior school education, it seems reasonable they should be afforded stability. Either a) don't post people with kids in senior school (career foul/service need) or b) square them away. Neither is happening at the moment, because unless you're lucky/senior officer material you probably aren't affording 15k per child after CEA if the current allowance is 25k a year as quoted.