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lambeth are notorious for misleading and misinforming in order to maximise car fine revenue. removing cars, not admitting they have done so, owners assuming car stolen, fines piling up every day kind of thing. Google them and see.

Interesting points DPF. But the question to ask is not how many are passing but which ones. Who are the fifty per cent? are they the fifty per cent who would do well wherever they were? what's happening to the others? Who is teaching them and how? Is it a social failure or an educational failure? ? I have no idea. The canker in the ear of our national education system (imo)is private education. Not because it creams off bright children- in fact it is mainly its enhancement of the mediocre who then go on to rule us with their lack of imagination that hurts- but because of the 'cop out clause' which means no one has to put up with the public system if they can get the dosh together,meaning their is a lack of 'investment' - and I mean social investment by an elite who guarantee the flow of law makers, governors, bankers come from/through its own system .

thanks Curly, no worries, But my child has been there for a year, hence my support and praise for the school. My son follows her there this september. Dulwich Park Fairy, there is no reason why most children cannot pass school exams/gcse's if the teaching is good unless they have particular special educational needs. Exams are not pitched towards the gifted but the average. 92 percent a-c's still means that 8 percent are not getting that level, and maybe they never would be able to for whatever reason. I think its great that people are no longer obsessing about askes but sending their kids to all our local schools, making them reflect a better mix of abilities and therefore turning them into schools everyone can believe in.

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9 bands equally divided,

OK Keef, you are prob right but then maybe its the 'perception' of it being middle class- because otherwise I don't understand what the problem is meant to be. If it wasnt priveleged before( by having its pick of students)and it isnt now, then how can the idea of the ''intake'' changing cause so much hypothetical rumbling about how it's changed. Looking back over this thread, it's full of 'teachers jumping ship'(eh...to teach privately), dilapidated standards, and I quote ''what effect the merger with Monson and altered entry criteria will have on the mix of children and standards'' kind of question, - but our experience is that it is good. Someone somewhere at the beginning of this thread asked what it was like, and that's what I think.

If he's been arrested and charged why the advice about not going out alone and to stay away from the park?

I know. Isnt it terrible. Letting in local children. Whatever next.

I do hope it was a sausage. So does the dog.

No, Curly, I didnt expect them to ...but the way people have been banging on about it and how its going to lead to the end of the world as we know it I expect other people had....

thanks PGC.

seems Le Chardon, Somerfield and the annoyance of early morning bin men are more important general ED topics then, than sleezy schoolboys lurking in the undergrowth while your children's school sports activities and picnics are going on yards away, if this is still in the Lounge?

please put a link for this to the rest of the forum. The people who this could affect don't often come down to this bit of the forum. three boys= one unsuspecting schoolgirl walking through woods on another occasion= predatory situation. lots of wooded bits to drag someone off the path into. Its a route home used by lots of children and young girls. It's the arrogance of it that sends alarm bells ringing. Serious criminal behaviour starts with such small steps. If anyone encounters these boys be prepared to dial 999 on your mobile and to implement a citizens arrest if you are up to it. If this was an older man and the victim a young girl, people wouldnt hesitate to see the seriousness of it. can the administrator move it to general issues to warn people?

maintaining a hard-on in the presence of a clearly discomforted adult isnt being 'just silly'. To be turned on by somebody else's fear is not high jinx and takes a certain mind set. If it was not aroused that's something else. But this knob was on bonk as one used to say.

You should put this on main ed matters and family matters of forum at once. Exposing himself like that is a sex crime and to do it in front of his mates shows a level of pathology-and group pathology at that-it's not at all the same as mooning or larking about, it requires a level of sexual arousal to a pedestrian stimulus. His youth makes no difference, in fact makes it creepier. Sounds like it could well be the same guys as on crystal palace road- how likely is it to get two groups of sexual harrassers in such a small area and small time scale. As you say, it could be a whole different incident if young schoolgirls were approached. Everyone should be warned so that next time they will be met with an aggressive take-no-prisoners response. Friends of Peckham Rye and the rangers office/wardens should all be informed. It should be treated extremely seriously. I hope I dont meet them with my dog. He doesnt have a very good attitude towards things that stick out where they shouldnt.

I imagine it will be very popular from now onwards as it will directly feed into the big school.. my son has had his induction day at Askes Hatcham last week, 35 of the prospective new year sevens being Temple Grove and indistinguishable from anyone else.

well these were the blokes I answered the door to and told them theyd got me out of my sick bed and I had swine flu. ha ha!

clipboards, sorry delirium limited my vocabulary.

I'm in Nutbrook too and love it. It has all the conveniences of east dulwich without the 'petite bourgoiese 'self aggrandisement.

Ive been recovering today in bed from some germy thing, and the bell has gone twice with men with boards conducting surveys which I imagine are complete scams. I scared the first one off by saying I had swine flu, the second one who said he was conducting a 'health survey' looked all offended which i take as the first sign of a scam, the 'personal affront' pose. We are behind goose green. Has anyone else been plagued by these annoying people. On top of that, even though we are on the 'customer preference list' the only phone calls i seem to get nowadays are from cold callers and all my creative energies are channelled into thinking of more and more absurd answers to them ('debts? no I have no debts. I am a millionaire but it hasnt brough me happiness.' is my latest for the debt clearance offer phone calls)

whoever said business is slow, it really doesnt apply to Jaks. I fight for a seat every time. It's usually packed. And with people prepared to wait too.

I don't care if staff smile at me or not. I'm in there for grub not therapy. However, I find the staff in Jaks charming.

yes frog on the green, but it's not choumert road. - it's east of rye lane- but parallel to it.

the onion tarts are out of this world with onions caramilised and juicy. Lovely cafe au lait- wonderful juice mixtures (carrot apple and ginger is my fave) and yummy thick soups, sometimes cold pea and mint ones. The food is just jolly nice in an unpretentious environment. There's a little garden at the back. Another wonderful caff if you can risk the parking (in brixton you risk a ticket even with a valid ticket)is the lounge in railton road opposite the wholefood shop... The paninis are transcendentally delish and it's very reasonable. They do those portugese custard tarts too. Sofas and plenty of airy space. Well worth the trip if you are stocking up on giant bags of luxury organic muesli/porridge across the road in the heroically and legendarily bitterly staffed wholefood shop . Oh! and me and my lunching chums have started to go to the Frog and Bucket(?)if that's what it's called, the deli on that main drag that takes you from Morrisons to Nunhead. Again, nice soup and paninis, great salads and a bit of shopping while youre there- they do very nice organic suffolk beers at a very reasonable price too, a great accompaniment to this late evening tennis.

Jacks is brilliant but one of the key players has been poorly for a while, so I suspect this is what they are working around . When it's shut I just patronise some of the culinary surfeit of lordship lane which just makes jacks even more appreciated when it is open again.