Originally Posted by
Maple 01
I objected to the way the news was spun - as if BSA was a perk exclusive for officers children- devicive bullsh*t and an atempt to use the 'class war' card to wave through another cut in terms and conditions
Lazy reporting. It's too easy to roll out "Crispin, former officer" to comment. However, it must be said that the majority, historically, of people claiming Educational Allowances were Officers, but this is not necessarily the case now with a much great parity of wages (ie it is more affordable for everyone above a certain pay grade these days).
As for the "middle ranking", this is purely because demographically the "middle ranking" are the ones that are married with children of school age!
The panicking schools are obviously aware of the proposal to restrict the permitted schools to a selected handful, and they can see some very easy money being taken away from them - don't forget that the fees only form about 80% of the overall income - when you start adding extras, uniforms, "compulsory" purchases, etc, then it really can mount up!