magoo
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Is anybody on here involved in any way with School allocations in Brighton? Specifically Senior school.
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School allocations
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already done my eldest starts at Patcham High in September
KNC
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Good luck magoo. We went through this nonsense last year.
My sister (not in Brighton) is currently in a huge wrangle with the allocation people here, she has a meeting with the country representatives next week. She has four children A, B, C and D.
Children A and B are in the local primary school School X, child C has educational needs and has attended a different school, is now able to attend a mainstream school. Child D is due to start primary school this Sept.
Child C has been offered a place at School Y and Child D at School Z (though is top of the list for a drop out place at School X).
They have told her tough titties.
Good luck with your appeal, Magoo.
Children A and B are in the local primary school School X, child C has educational needs and has attended a different school, is now able to attend a mainstream school. Child D is due to start primary school this Sept.
Child C has been offered a place at School Y and Child D at School Z (though is top of the list for a drop out place at School X).
They have told her tough titties.
Good luck with your appeal, Magoo.
Starry said:
Jeez, no wonder people are confused.
In Worthing the schools have names like "Findon Vale" and "Durrington High". It's a shit lot easier to remember than those single-letter names you have to deal with. Takes longer to type though. Pros and cons, I guess.
Dave the OAP
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Starry said:
Blimey...I had an O Level maths question like that...
magoo
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The thing is they say they have criteria such as Distance from preffered school, Siblings at preffered school, Exceptional circumstances etc for allocations and then they seemingly go against them!!
The stupid thing is there is a girl in his class that wants the school he has been allocated and vice versa. Also a child slightly down the road from him has been allocated the school we want and they are saying we are outside the catchment area! If we are then so must this other child!!
The stupid thing is there is a girl in his class that wants the school he has been allocated and vice versa. Also a child slightly down the road from him has been allocated the school we want and they are saying we are outside the catchment area! If we are then so must this other child!!
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Dave the OAP
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Starry said:
you live in leeds dont you
Kylies Stunt Arse
What?
Leeds in Hampshire
Leeds in Hampshire in Ireland.
Uncle Buck
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Bozza said:
Leeds near Petersfield.
Dave the OAP
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Starry said:
in that case, I take it there will be no more of this...all manu fans live in the sarf?
I don't know if I have ever said that, I know paddy was on here recently saying the people of Leeds should be ashamed of the way the club is not supported, I don't know the exact amount but more people from outside leeds have season ticket than those in the city.
KNC
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Magoo, all I can suggest, if you havnt already, is to go through the appeal process. Its a bit daunting, but do your homework, on distance etc.
We went through two appeals last year, eventually getting our 2nd preference. Initally we were 'allocated' a school we definately didnt want our son to go to. None of our preferences. It was the furthest from our home, involved a long bus journey,of which there was only one suitable bus in the morning.
Yet there was 2 designated school buses from the end of our road,going to our preferences.
This town has been truly f**ked by this council, since they closed the old Deason school, what did they change the name to, oh yes...Comart. They spent millions on a social engineering exercise which was never going to work. We are a school short now, which is part of the problem now.
I went to Fawcett, a new school when I went there, quite modern, indoor swimming pool great playing fields etc. They ripped it down for housing.
We went through two appeals last year, eventually getting our 2nd preference. Initally we were 'allocated' a school we definately didnt want our son to go to. None of our preferences. It was the furthest from our home, involved a long bus journey,of which there was only one suitable bus in the morning.
Yet there was 2 designated school buses from the end of our road,going to our preferences.
This town has been truly f**ked by this council, since they closed the old Deason school, what did they change the name to, oh yes...Comart. They spent millions on a social engineering exercise which was never going to work. We are a school short now, which is part of the problem now.
I went to Fawcett, a new school when I went there, quite modern, indoor swimming pool great playing fields etc. They ripped it down for housing.
This all has me scratching my head to be honest. To the point that Arthurs going to get sent to his grandparents in Oz when he's due to go to school. Every school has a collection area, every kid in that area goes to that school. If the school isn't big enough they ship in more classrooms and more teachers. but having said that we have a little more space where I grew up...
Lady Bracknell
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I blame the chaos that "choice" brought into the school selection equation in, if I remember rightly, the 1980 Education Act.
Before then, all children in mainstream education were allocated places at neighbourhood schools. The exceptions being children with special educational needs and children whose parents wanted them to attend a denominational school. You could opt to send your child to a school that was further away but this came with the responsibility to get them there and the availability of a place at the school. You didn't, however, have this complete lottery that seems to deliver some very bizarre outcomes.
The result of what now sounds like an alarming lack of "choice" was that children had a far better chance of getting a genuinely comprehensive education. It was harder for "sink" schools to establish themselves since the principle of neighbourhood schooling made for a much better balance across all socio-economic classes.
Sure, there were people able to move themselves into the catchment areas of more favoured schools but that's always been a privilege available to the articulate middle classes who could afford to buy into their preferred area!
Right now, the whole system seems a complete muddle and I'm a tad baffled to see who actually benefits from all this so-called choice.
Before then, all children in mainstream education were allocated places at neighbourhood schools. The exceptions being children with special educational needs and children whose parents wanted them to attend a denominational school. You could opt to send your child to a school that was further away but this came with the responsibility to get them there and the availability of a place at the school. You didn't, however, have this complete lottery that seems to deliver some very bizarre outcomes.
The result of what now sounds like an alarming lack of "choice" was that children had a far better chance of getting a genuinely comprehensive education. It was harder for "sink" schools to establish themselves since the principle of neighbourhood schooling made for a much better balance across all socio-economic classes.
Sure, there were people able to move themselves into the catchment areas of more favoured schools but that's always been a privilege available to the articulate middle classes who could afford to buy into their preferred area!
Right now, the whole system seems a complete muddle and I'm a tad baffled to see who actually benefits from all this so-called choice.
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