Vexed
5:47 Tue Dec 17
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Do people really need this forum to tell them what should be important to them picking a fucking school for their own child? Jesus fucking wept.
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Lee Trundle
5:42 Tue Dec 17
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:-)
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easthammer
5:36 Tue Dec 17
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Lee
Know excuse I noš£š
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Block
5:35 Tue Dec 17
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I actually worry for the kids now days, there is so much more pressure on them. I blame social media personally.
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BRANDED
5:34 Tue Dec 17
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It always surprises the Surfs that some of the brightest and cleverest people on Earth had little traditional or formal learning. What they did do is focus on what they are good at
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Northern Sold
5:33 Tue Dec 17
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The daft thing is ED son is that in my team at work I'm one of the few who never went to University... glue sniffing was always the best way forward
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Eerie Descent
5:31 Tue Dec 17
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Exactly Sold0, and look how you've turned out...
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Northern Sold
5:30 Tue Dec 17
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My kid is now 18ā¦ getting her Uni choices in now for nex yearā¦ the one thing that still shocked me was how much pressure the kids are put under at Primary school levelā¦ just let them be kidsā¦ fuck the school Ofsted bleedin reports and school league tables when they are that youngā¦ let them enjoy themselves like we did at that ageā¦ I never even saw homework until I went to secondary school... far too much pressure from school and pushy parents nowadays
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BRANDED
4:59 Tue Dec 17
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Iād never listen to a teacher when considering my childās education. If they were any good at anything theyād be doing it rather than teaching it. They will never advise wisely as they have already proven themselves to be at best average.
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Bishopsfinger
4:59 Tue Dec 17
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This doesnāt necessarily go for the secondary schools. Because of the policy of inclusion you will get all sorts coming from shit areas that can have an influence on your child. If you can move to an area where the schools are very good and have a sense of community. Protect your children from all the shit and wrap them up in a bubble for as long as possible.
They will have plenty of time when they get older to learn about how bad people and things are. So donāt expose them to young by sending them to a school just because itās convenient to you.
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Lee Trundle
4:59 Tue Dec 17
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" I also have a MSc in Educational Management and based on all that there is know easy answer"
*blinks*
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WorldCupWilly
4:58 Tue Dec 17
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Whilst only a minor consideration - is what are the parents like of the children that go to the schools. We have made some very close friends of the parents whose kids went to our kids primary school. 20 years later they are amongst our closest friends - especially for the missus.
My wife is a governor of 2 primary schools within the same academy trust, that both require improvement. Her job is much easier in the one where there is a very active parents association that is very supportive of the head, teaching staff and governing body. The other one the parents have far less involvement and only do so when they want to complain (unjustly) about things.
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Bishopsfinger
4:54 Tue Dec 17
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Most Catholic schools are better and teach morals as well as education . Fact Although hours of going to church itās worth it.
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Alfs
4:48 Tue Dec 17
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I sent all of mine to the nearest one. However, when it came to secondary we sold up and moved into the catchment area of the school we wanted them to go to.
My eldest just got a 1st so it seems to have worked.
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Golden Oldie
4:41 Tue Dec 17
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Send them off all bright eyed and bushy tailed, full of lust for life, creativity and a capacity for individual thought, then pick them back up a decade and a half later with all of that trained out of them, as they start dying their hair green and shoving bolts through their nose,lips, eyebrows, cock/clit etc, telling you how much they hate you while explaining to you how science has proven that night is day and up is down and they need exactly Ā£XX which for any event they can think up which just so happens to be the current price of superskunk weed.
Hardly really matters which one unless its one of the top 5% private schools.
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easthammer
4:30 Tue Dec 17
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I have gone through this process with my own kids and now their kids. I also have a MSc in Educational Management and based on all that there is know easy answer.
But I would check out the Heads in both schools.
What are they like and are they likely to remain in post for the time your kid is there. They will be the main determinant of how a primary school developments, staff turnover and styles of teaching. Whatever school you choose it is secondary to your own involvement in your child's education.
Me I'd choose the one with walking distance and visit frequently to keep a check on what goes on.
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lowermarshhammer
4:22 Tue Dec 17
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By the way if you're kid is the brightest in the class there's a good chance she'll have to sit next to a thick twat who plays Fortnite until 3 in the morning and has a can of red bull for breakfast.
A lot of schools go for that approach.
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lowermarshhammer
4:14 Tue Dec 17
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Interview the head teacher and make sure he isn't a raving communist.
Try to avoid poverty stricken shitheaps.
Attractive teachers with massive knockers are a bonus.
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Stubbo
4:13 Tue Dec 17
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Thanks all.
To answer some of the points raised.
Secondary school wise - there are local grammar schools that they all feed into on a selection basis. Other than that the two schools in question both fall into the same secondary state comprehensive school.
In both schools the kids seemed well behaved and pretty happy.
Especially in the more highly achieving school, the staff seemed pretty proud of the school and how well it was doing and their part in it (it's pretty much punching above it's weight given it's demographics).
Our first choice isn't either of them, but we're only about 25% likely to get into the school that is our first choice.
There are no gypo sites near either school (the schools are about a 10 minute walk from each other in reality so not far apart).
The thing that tends to attract me to the school that is performing best stats wise is their heavy focus on each child reaching their max potential.
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Mike the Hammer
3:55 Tue Dec 17
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See which one is easiest to park your 4x4 close enough to...
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wrighty
3:45 Tue Dec 17
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Whatās the secondary option? Is it grammar? Does the primary feed a secondary.
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