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I followed James Barber's thread on Charter's admissions changes with interest as I have a child in year five and live in the Champion Hill area.


I have just checked the school's website and they have put up a new draft policy for next year. I am disappointed that the school has not adopted the 'straight line distance' measurement, as suggested. Instead, the only change to their policy appears to be the removal of the sentence that used to tell you which map they use. It seems to me that they are being deliberately vague about the routes which they are using.


Does anyone have any ideas about how to go about ensuring that the school follows the adjudicator's ruling?


Would any of our local councillors be able to help with this?

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straight line distance is a total change in policy though and I'm not aware of any Southwark schools that apply it. It also doesn't really benefit anyone as it has it's own issues associated with it - the issue we have is that there is no consistent admission applied to all schools in London.


the adjudication was that they must use the Wanley Road cut-through as part of the safe walking distance so that should be applied - and you would have grounds for appeal if you are the parent / guardian of the 180 students closest to the school by 'safest walking distance' and they haven't used it

hillbillie I think the recent change to the wording is so that the way in which the school administers their stated current policy conforms to the adjudicator's ruling .

I don't think they have time to change the policy ( the'd have to consult etc ) for this year's admissions .

Thanks intexasatthemoment, I've just noticed that I have made a mistake: I should have put Admissions 2013/14, as that is the year we would be applying for. I'm sure it would be too late for them to make a big change to this year's applications as the school offers are due out next week.

In the Adjudicator's report tho, it does suggest that they might want to change to straight line measurement for the folowing year (2013/14). It also says that they need to ensure clarity. My concern is that they have actually reduced clarity by removing the information about which map they are using.

By the way, Curmudgeon, I know that Southwark has switched to using straight line measurement for its primary applications, as a way of reducing the number of appeals similar to the Wanley Road one. I'm not sure about secondaries, I'm just beginning to venture down that frightening path.

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