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CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:10 pm
by chobsmonster
Just wondered if theres any Telegraph readers out there, i saw this in the education supplement on private education - couldn't quite believe my eyes!
Tom.
- Original advert, sourced from the CH Office
[Moderator(JTaylor): Original advert sourced from CH.]
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:38 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
Seems a good school ----- I wish I had gone there !
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:41 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
Seeems too good an Idea ---- it has posted TWICE !
I have tried to delete the second --- without success.
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:30 pm
by J.R.
NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:Seeems too good an Idea ---- it has posted TWICE !
I have tried to delete the second --- without success.
Done it for you Neill.
Is that headline actually correct ?
[Moderator: Advert replaced with original sourced from the school]
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:46 pm
by ailurophile
Is that headline actually correct ?
No, surely this is a spoof... unless CH have taken the unprecedented decision to be more candid in their advertising! ("Taking every penny you earn" has certainly been my own family's experience!)
[Moderator: Advert replaced with original sourced from the school]
CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:55 pm
by cupcakemom
It must be doctored ... Surely! My mother's an avid DT reader ... I'll get on to her now!!
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:54 pm
by jhopgood
Not exactly advertising but this appeared in the Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/educa ... 59106.html
I was surprised to see
only 11 per cent pay the full boarding fee of £25,000 a year.
Higher than I had imagined
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:18 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
I guess I owe about £150,000, less, of course, my Father's contribution as a Police Constable, on about £7 a week !!
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:37 am
by Volupturaptor
Oh my goodness, the scathing comments that appear after the article... These people are so ignorant... and so nasty!
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:22 am
by jhopgood
Volupturaptor wrote:Oh my goodness, the scathing comments that appear after the article... These people are so ignorant... and so nasty!
Misinformed, which is curious, given that they are reading a newspaper.
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:41 pm
by ailurophile
jhopgood wrote:
I was surprised to see
only 11 per cent pay the full boarding fee of £25,000 a year.
Higher than I had imagined
And getting higher all the time... It is only a couple of years since CH used to cap the number of pupils paying full fees at 6%. This cap was then increased to 12%, and as far as I am aware it has now been removed altogether.
Mind you, setting such targets is very different from achieving them! Considering that the school is having to compete for increased fee income at a time when even the more affluent families are feeling the economic pinch, they are doing well to attract so many full fee paying pupils.
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:48 pm
by anniexf
jhopgood wrote:Volupturaptor wrote:Oh my goodness, the scathing comments that appear after the article... These people are so ignorant... and so nasty!
Misinformed, which is curious, given that they are reading a newspaper.
A cynic, John? Surely not!
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:34 pm
by jtaylor
I have contacted the school, and this was indeed a doctored article. This is gross misrepresentation, and not in the interests of CH. Whilst this Forum encourages freedom of opinion, it's been setup to support and foster relationship between Old Blues, Parents etc. and not to defame CH.
Please take a moment to read the Ts and Cs in the FIRST TIME VISITORS section.
I am presuming that the original poster was not aware the advert had been doctored, and have emailed them to request if they'd be prepared to remove the picture from Flickr too - however i would urge caution in posting this sort of thing if it appears to have been doctored....
Original here (and updated above):-
- Original advert, sourced from the CH Office
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:22 pm
by Mrs C.
the original poster probably did the doctoring, ......didn`t you Tom!?!?
Re: CH Advertising in the papers
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:19 am
by dinahcat
This includes misrepresentation, insinuation or falsehood, rather than an opinion, since anyone can hold an opinion of their own.
Isn't most of what 's here an opinion?
The original poster had one of three motives I imagine . One was to post what he thought was witty piece of satire. Secondly he had an axe to grind or third he felt he had a reasonable point due to experience .This is an open forum and anyone can access it and comment.It opens a whole can of worms about freedom of speech and whether you allow it and let people respond or not or whether you disallow comments or items which the moderators believe present the school in a negative way-in their opinion...
I think most people would see this item as a joke. We all know it's hard to pay the fees but we choose to do so.So do most parents who pay for independent education.I expect all parents who pay school fees would appreciate the same joke whatever school their children attend.