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I think this journalist should do his own research. This thread seems to suggest laziness on his part. Or am I being unreasonable? (?)

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No, I'm sure she isn't making it up, Sillywoman, but I have seen a clear indication of the postcodes and roughly how many live in each. She's got perhaps a slightly subjective impression from the people she knows. Sorry to keep on at such an off topic aspect, too!

No, Sillywoman, those figures are wrong I promise you. Very few live "live bloomin' miles away". There are certainly quite large numbers coming from Balham, Clapham, Battersea, Blackheath Beckenham etc but just a very few from say Fulham Chelsea Docklands and such. Basically because at that distance there are other "good" schools which are much easier to get to. It's quite logical really!

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Fair enough, but why do you think they're spurious? You have to bear in mind that each coach in Townley Road serves Alleyn's AND JAGs, and many also serve DC and DCPS too, which clearly exaggerrates the apparent scale of coaches in the area. 25% would mean about 250 children, but having seen the statistics of which postcodes the pupils live in, the VAST majority are from SE21, Se22, SE5, SE27, SW19, SE23 and SW2 which are all within the immediate locality.

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Townleygreen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You might be surprised to learn, dear Curmudgeon, > that well over 50% come from very local postcodes. > Yes, the catchment areas are wide but the majority > live locally. >Curmudgeon replied: >Yes you are right I would be extremely surprised to hear this judging by the huge number of coaches - where do you get >this information from? "Huge" number of coaches? Alleyn's website mentions a quarter of pupils come in by coach. That means 75% don't. That do as your answer?

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The IB is maybe more challenging in the sense that you don't choose your best subjects, but have to follow a set course, so there will be some subjects you study that aren't your best. Many kids like it though.

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