Jump to content

Recommended Posts

LondonMix Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I don't think anyone has said the area is short of

> places. The new secondary will ultimately be 8

> form entry. I don't believe we've ever had 8

> primary schools bulging simultaneously in this

> general area (before all the new openings and

> expansions). So the new Charter School should at

> worst maintain the status quo catchment sizes from

> before it opened and probably expand the

> catchments of the other schools moderately despite

> the bulge in secondary demand that is coming.


I'd be interested to know how many local schools bulged for the current year 4s (given some of those schools were already three form entry) - I have a feeling it was quite a lot. Also re status quo, this does assume that a single sex offer is acceptable to everyone.

I didn't say anything about how happy people would be- just that it shouldn't get worse than before Charter opened. There is a long discussion up thread on the single sex issue. New schools can't be opened just because parents don't like single sex even if there are sufficient places in the system. That would be disastrously wasteful-- we asked Renata about some of the existing single sex schools converting to co-ed. Some of the co-ed options locally are the most undersubscribed so the case for that isn't crystal clear...


Anyhow, if 8 local primary schools have ever budged simultaneously it would be interesting to know when that happened. I don't remember it ever being the case but it might pre-date before I started paying attention.

> I'd be interested to know how many local schools

> bulged for the current year 4s (given some of

> those schools were already three form entry) - I

> have a feeling it was quite a lot. Also re status

> quo, this does assume that a single sex offer is

> acceptable to everyone.


I don't know how many schools bulged in 2012/13 (this was the last big [previous) "bulge" year) (I am sure an FoI would reveal this quite quickly) but remember that from year to year, children usually drift away - looking at figures for a nearby borough, I notice that the schools in that borough lost around 110 overall (nearly 4FE) over the 7 years from R to 6.


I think single sex education tends to be most attractive to people who want single sex education for girls. I don't get the same yen for single sex boys education (and there is evidence boys actually do worse in a single sex environment). There are undersubscribed - dare I say it, as many undersubscribed single sex schools - as mixed schools, so I don't think the argument is won in either direction.

Um, no, kids can only try for a maths scholarships AFTER they have already been offered a place.


Kingsdale do offer music and sports scholarships which increase your chances of getting in, but no academic ones.


There are some local state schools that skew their intake by being partially selective, e.g. Graveney, and you could argue that music scholarships (such as Habs, Prendergast and Kingsdale offer) favour middle-class kids who can afford music lessons, but that's a separate discussion...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Where did I say he did a good job? Yup and Corbyn was very close to Len McCluskey and funded by Unite wasn't he...they're all as bad as each other... Labour have to purge their party of the far-left - they're a disaster. Allan Johnson summed it up so well on election night in 2019....  
    • Thank you for the detailed advise @trinidad It is definitely damage we are concerned about. I don’t think Evri would agree to pay the bill to fix our gate or letter box if they were to be damaged as a result of their delivery drivers helper. Our doorbell can be heard from outside when rung so we don’t quite believe the aggressive simultaneous door/letter box banging is necessary. It can be quite a shock it is done very aggressively.  I’ll definitely action the steps you’ve kindly provided along with a phone call tomorrow. I do sympathise with the role drivers have and how busy they are, which is why we tried communicating directly with her but sadly we haven’t succeeded 
    • What outcome would you like? Disciplinary action? Not to have the driver back? Retraining? I know there is alot of pressure on drivers to deliver within a set day. if he slams the gate, is it evidence he is causing damage, or is the noise a irritant to yourself? You could put a sign up or buy a signing asking to close the gate gentle???? can you hear the door bell from the door? he might be ringing, not hearing and therefore knocking. In trhe notes section of the be livery page, there is a note section, although there is not 100 per cent these notes would be read as these drivers are constantly rushing.  I did a google search for you, i found this and you can try the envri website Contact Us | Evri   To complain to Evri, you can follow these steps: Contact Customer Service: Call Evri's customer service at 0330 808 5456 for assistance with your complaint.    1 Write a Letter: Address your complaint to Capitol House, 1 Capitol Close, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0WH.    1 Use the Official Website: Visit the Evri complaints page on their official website for detailed instructions on how to submit a complaint.    2 Email or Call for Specific Issues: For issues like missing or damaged parcels, you can email or call 0800 988 8888, which is free to call.    1 These methods will help you effectively communicate your concerns to Evri.   My driver is called anthony, he is brilliant to be honest. I cant fault him.
    • When I have more time and energy, I will look up the actual number of votes cast for each party in that election, rather than the number of seats won. I'm interested to see that you apparently  think that  Boris Johnson did a good job of "leading the country through Covid." Is your memory really that short? I won't stoop to calling Johnson and his cronies names in the way that you seem to think is appropriate for left wing politicians. At least the left wing politicians have some semblance of morals and a concern for people who aren't in some over privileged inner circle and/or raking in money for themselves on the back of an epidemic. I'm not going to open a can of worms on here  by commenting on the disgraceful so called "purge". 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...