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@intexasatthe moment Was this a link on the word 'here'? > The details of the criteria can be found here. If so, would you be able to post the link? Thanks.

What Lowlander said. Plus check out if it makes sense to get a rail card. If it's a one-off trip probably not, but if you travel a lot by train, or even 2 or 3 times on longer journeys, they can pay back very quickly. Or you could hire a car. If you're not travelling alone, it can work out cheaper plus giving you lots of flexibility - you still need a lot of time, it's a long way. And I have occasionally found it cheaper to fly! FlyBe from LGW, BA from LHR. Though from ED, it's actually quicker to get the train from KX than to fly because you've got to get to LGW or LHR, and then there's the getting from NCL airport ...

Humph!? Apologies. I went to the new school meeting and thought I was told (I thought) by their chair of governors, that they had changed their policy from safest walking distance to as the crow flies - because it was unfairly excluding particular areas, e.g. Dog Kennel Hill Estate. Clearly I misunderstood.

Charter's last distance place offered for admission this year was 1.544KM. There is no misleading map here.

We had bamboo in the office. It was forever being scratched and ended up looking awful. It was nice flooring though so it depends on where you have it - I'd out it in a bathroom or bedroom, but nowhere high traffic. Engineered something other than bamboo for that.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > M&S. I don't believe they've signed any contract > with the developer and hadn't during the last > planning application cycle. ...... > M&S is the > aspirational stalking horse to win local and > officer favour. We must judge the scheme on the > merits of any potential shop occupying it Calling the thread "M&S planning application to replace Iceland" hasn't really helped the whole aspirational stalking horse hoo-har.

Call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 - that's the advice line for those worried about a child.

Which? Do an annual report on cars. Goes through all the pros and cons of all the different ways of buying a car, petrol vs diesel, car formats, manufacturers and all that and picks out its best buys in each format for new and used. It's excellent. It's pricey, as I recall, but told me everything I felt I needed to know. I then went off and searched for the model etc I wanted. 2 obvious tips - doesn't sound like you would do enough miles to make diesel worthwhile and if you're prepared to travel you can save a lot. I ended up taking the train and a taxi to a dealer way out in Hampshire and driving the car back, which was a faff but saved me a lot of money on the car. I don't know what automatics are like nowadays, but you may find that if you are legally able to drive a manual geared car, it will save you both when you buy and on any maintenance or repairs.

Sorry - read the post title and answered my own question

eleg1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It seems the Charter School practices as regards > equality are being questioned again, first there > was the criticism from the adjudicator regarding > the change to the admissions policy detailed here: > http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/feb/01/a > cademy-school-catchment-council-estates and now an > FOI request about equality that they have not > responded to within the deadline: > https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/treatment_o > f_ethnic_students. Shocking that they have all > this support to open another 'exclusive' school. The Guardian report you link to ends by saying that a fifth of the school's pupils are on free school meals (vs national average of 16%) and that over half of the kids are from ethnic minorities (vs national average of 22%). The school has changed to as the crow flies, away from safest walking distance. (Funnily enough, this too has drawn criticism - seems you can't please all the people all the time) and the new school bid is proposing as the crow flies, possibly with banding, possibly from a nodal point, possibly both. None of this indicates either that Charter is an exclusive school, or that there are any plans for the new school to be in any way exclusive.

They were very explicit that they do not have a firm idea or preference for admission criteria beyond a) no lottery or random element and b) no specialism / scholarship element. They said that therefore there will have to be a distance criteria. Distance from where, and whether banded or not is something they seek opinion on. There was a form in the packs handed out for people to fill in on this question.

parentsteeringgroup Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi bonaome, glad to hear you will be coming along. > Please could you register on the link given above > or send an email to [email protected] to say > you're coming. Let us know if you need a place in > the cr?che. Thanks.hopefully kristy and others > have done this too. Helps us know how many to > cater for. Yeah - did that last weeks sent an email saying just me, no cr?che, daughter currently at Heber yr 3. Didn't get a confirmation back. Will resend.

parentsteeringgroup Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pleased to hear that kristy and look forward to > meeting you on the 10th. So do you just need to say here that you're coming? I'm coming!

What Harris actually say in their letter is this (comments in brackets mine)... "Like many prospective primary parents, our preferred outcome would have been (PAST TENSE) to build on the grounds of Harris Girls? Academy ? but (HERE COME THE REASONS WHY THEY CAN'T) this would raise substantial planning issues because the land there is classified as Metropolitan Open Land and given the same level of protection as the green belt. In addition, of course, Southwark is currently asking its secondary schools whether they can expand to help meet some of the expected future shortfall of places." That doesn't sound to me like building the new Nunhead Harris Primary on Harris Girls's site is even vaguely on the cards.

clux Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with toffeese15. Identical admission > policies mean this school is of virtually no use > to anyone not already living near to Charter. On > these grounds I wish to withdraw my support for > the Charter bid and will be fully supporting > Haberdashers. But if there's 12 forms of entry instead of 6 across the two schools, you'd expect the effective "catchment" area to expand quite significantly, would you not?

LONDONMIX said .... >James, if Harris really desire to have the Nunhead primary on Harris Girls ED site, why haven't they put in a planning >application for it? They have had years to submit a plan for the council to assess and to date haven't made any real >effort to illustrate that the Harris ED Girls site is feasible for the Nunhead primary. Harris make it clear in their >letter that they may need to expand Harris Girls to help with secondary places in future as a reason not to put the >Nunhead primary there and only you seem to suggest they are actively petitioning for this location right now. Absolutely right LondonMix Edited as I forgot to quite the bit I though was right!

The Crooked Well in Camberwell is top end gastro pub. Or there's Angels & Gipseys (tapas). Or if you want an actual restaurant Berner's Tavern just off Oxford St is excellent (the name suggests a chain pub - look up some reviews online - nothing could be further from the truth). Pollen Street Social is lovely - trendy but not too poncy etc as you say. If you really don't mind the card taking a bruising you cannot go wrong at Le Gavroche - super food, and yes men have to wear a jacket and tie, but the atmosphere is romantic of an evening, the service exemplary and the food some is still I think some of the best available in London.

I agree with largeG&T and sillywoman. I have already filled in the forms supporting both - filled in the Habs form before I knew about the Charter bid (and I'm probably not the only one). I'd prefer a Charter school as that to me makes most sense. If we were to end up with Habs there instead then that would be my first choice.

You don't have any rights afaik about the height. You can cut down anything overhanging your property, and the law says you have to offer the wood back to them. Obviously, they might be concerned about the tree too, so speak to them if you haven't already and they may agree to go 50:50 on having it looked at and made safe®. We need to speak to our neighbours about a tree and I've been putting it off for ages as I know their next door neighbours spoke to them about the same tree and they were told very aggressively to F off - sadly not everyone is as friendly or helpful as evildrwallace.

James Barber Wrote: on the 9th May 2012, yes, that's May 2012 ------------------------------------------------------- > The Iceland lease is close to ending. M&S have an > option to take the site over I expect a year from now there will be a) Iceland happily trading in the same shop it's in now and b) no openings of M&S, Waitrose or Selfridges Metro etc on LL.

Have you looked at Flickr? You can join up for free - and then contact other users etc. If you spend a bit of time with it you may well find a bunch of useful contacts and resources and starting points.

gsirett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you can have a beer on the way home without > worrying about the drive ! Didn't want to say, but that is definitely a disadvantage to the drive and park method!

We usually drive and use the long-stay car park at Gatwick. http://www.gatwickairport.com/parking/ It invariably works out cheaper (for us) than public transport, and you set your own timetable.

poppet27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I will be attempting the journey on 2nd so thanks > for all your help. Let us know how you get on. As @spanglysteve said 63/363 to Peckham Rye - given where you're coming from. You can still experiment with Victoria / Thameslink options from P Rye.

ASolanilla Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Been doing that route for a while. Quickest I've > found so far is Peckham rye to blackfriars on the > 8.01 and then jump on the tube, just under an hour > door to door and get to Goodge street by 8.35 Assume you go Blackfriars to Embankment and change to Northern line? Escalator refub means there's no interchange from Jan to September. Maps already amended by TFL http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf