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Range Rover Blues:
Choice of six, crikey, that's good.

I'd be tempted to look at the practicality of it for the whole family.  Where do her friends want to go, is there a trend for any particular school.

We never had any of this when we were that age did we?  growing up just seems so much harder these days :?

Range Rover Red:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---We never had any of this when we were that age did we?  growing up just seems so much harder these days :?
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IIRC, we had a choice of ONE, didn't we?

Biodiesel-Bev:
Choice of 6 schools????

We're in the catchment for and have the choice of 1 school and its cr*p.  My friend is a teacher there and she wouldn't send her own kids to it.   :shock:

So my choices are 'no choice'.  Saving like mad to send my boys to private school.

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
I'd avoid any school that offers the following activities:
1) outdoor pursuits and team building in the Helmand Province
2) remote classrooms in the Tora Bora mountains
3) chemistry lessons that offer a once in a lifetime experience!
4) a chance to travel and take part in the world's biggest game of hide and seek.
5) single sex education, only if your child is male

Wireless:
You've all been sucked into it, you all believe you have a choice to make, the reality is all you can do is 'express a preference', which you will note is considerably less than being given the opportunity to choose.

Most decisions made are based on the distance from the school to your home, so you will need to make sure you move house nearest to the secondary school you wish your child to attend, a couple of years before your child makes the educational move from primary to secondary school.

Most people don't realise this until it's too late.

The only other option open to parents is an appeal to the LEA, but since they tightened up the role of the appeals panel, removing some of their options, you'll find that in most cases they will back the original decision made by the LEA on which school your child will attend.

I wish you all good luck though, my 'children' are all in Colleges or University, so we've been there, done that, and there is no t-shirt.

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