Some mornings it simply isn't worth chewing through the straps

Azari

If you want to really annoy yourself at some council imbecility, click here

Techhead_2

Did no-one at Leicester council have a modicum of commonsense? How much did they spend, sorry waste, defending this anomaly?

molerat

At what point do you move the line. Near me there is a school with houses all around it, none of those houses are in the catchment area which is actually across the road. The line has to be drawn somewhere and this seems more a case of the parents snobbery.

brettcta

'absurd & perverse'

tells you all you need to know about that story when they use words like that

Azari

molerat wrote: »

At what point do you move the line. Near me there is a school with houses all around it, none of those houses are in the catchment area which is actually across the road. The line has to be drawn somewhere and this seems more a case of the parents snobbery.

Please read the article again. This time, pay attention to what you are reading and try and apply a little critical reasoning.

If you still think what you wrote above about snobbery makes sense come back and I'm sure someone will explain why you are so very, very, wrong.

qetu1357

Didn't the parents read the admissions policy before they applied to send their kid to this school?

The fact that they have failed on two appeals show that the parents are probably more at fault than the LA.

ThumbRemote

qetu1357 wrote: »

Didn't the parents read the admissions policy before they applied to send their kid to this school?

The fact that they have failed on two appeals show that the parents are probably more at fault than the LA.

Yes, rules, regulations and paperwork are far more important than common sense aren't they?

Zedicus

qetu1357 wrote: »

Didn't the parents read the admissions policy before they applied to send their kid to this school?

The fact that they have failed on two appeals show that the parents are probably more at fault than the LA.

You really are quite dim, aren't you?

It was the admissions policy that was the problem and what they were appealing against.

hippygran

Councils,it seems, have long been quite, quite stupid!
In the 70's, my family faced a very similar thing.
Myself, and my middle sister attended one senior school.
After number 2 sister had started at said school, the family moved (less than 100 yards - and incidentally CLOSER to the school- in one direction), and number 3 sister had to go to a different school, by bicycle or bus.
There was only 3 years and 10 days difference in ages between me (eldest daughter), and the youngest child.
It was a HUGE thing for my younger sister at the time being separated from her other siblings. She had gone to the same infants & primary school (which believe it or not was on the perimeter of secondary school, but had different catchment criteria, as originally the family lived very close (a couple of doors further away!) to the house where they did not fit the catchment area of the senior school!
It was madness then, and is madness now. Whatever happened to common sense?

fluffnutter

Added to the old adage about the only two things you can be sure about in life are death and taxes should be a third: councils are always run by numpties. I think it's a prerequisite; they ask you about it at interview I believe. Aah, here we go... I've dug out an old job application form for a role at my local council...

Key skills required:

• Procastination
• Downright awkwardness
• Illogicality
• Numptiness

qetu1357

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Yes, rules, regulations and paperwork are far more important than common sense aren't they?

The common sense is this

1. Read the admissions policy
2. Check whether you school you want is historically oversubscribed
3. Establish whether you met any of the admission critera for the school you want
4. If yes - apply but be aware of when you stand in the critera priortisation
5. If no - don't