How much does it really cost to send a child to state school?

From uniforms to school trips, we ask parents what the true cost of state school is and which extra expenses have taken them by surprise.

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00:01I've literally got no idea how much it costs, probably more than you think.

00:06Especially if you're going to get the right actual stuff to learn with, you know, like books and spaces and,

00:12I don't know, like computers now, you know, everything.

00:15I don't even know, quite a high number, like, it's like there's room for me, like food.

00:20I'd say 25k.

00:23A year?

00:24Yeah, for sure. If not, even more.

00:27A bit more would always help. So maybe I'll say 30k.

00:31Average, I'd say yearly, about 7,000 a year.

00:37And surprise and outside costs are extracurricular activities from schools,

00:43stationary exams and school trips, stuff like that.

00:49I imagine extra costs would be probably uniforms or repairs, lunches,

00:55getting kids to and from school. So I imagine it can be quite a lot if you're not prepared for it.

00:59I don't know.

01:00I'm going to go.

01:01I'm going to go.

01:02I'm going to go.

01:03Oh, OK.

01:04I mean.

01:05involved in the last few years.

01:07You can just do this.

01:08I'm going to go.

01:09Keep it up for this.

01:10I'm going to go.

01:11I can just add a few days to start.

01:13And again, I'm going to go with you.

01:14I'm going to go.

01:15This is going to go.

01:16Yeah.

01:17It's going to be new.

01:18It's going to go.

01:19Yeah.

01:20It's going to go.

01:21So I'm going to go.

01:23It's going to go.