A couple of months ago I started a forum about the costs of a PPL but not much interest then.
I looked at all the schools in Scotland and tried to work it out for a 45 hours period plus all the other exam, equipment costs and I had contacted all the schools.
The best value seemd to be Highland Flying club in Inverness who were about 4,000 and the worst was Aberdeen at about 7000+ (now Flight Academy Scotland)
I also think that Glenrothes was good at about 4,000. As i say it is a couple of months ago and the forum has gone but I think that these figures were about right.
Just shows the variability in costs across one of England's small counties! (oops, sorry!!)