First primary school allocation worry

tea_lover

DonPoppleton wrote: »

People are trying to turn this into a racist thread, so saying different kind of children is racist? If i had said children from many races or children from all around the world would still be a rasist comment? Im far from rasist people are packing like wolves picking out words to make this a rasist thread. Ive seen this many times in topics you get 1 person who begins the pebble on tbe pool and soon others jump on the bandwagon. I have many friends from other cuttures. And not one of my friends have ever called me a racist. I wont be looking at this thread again, infact i wont be here again. Disgusting behaviour from people here.

So if you're not being racist, what on earth did you mean by this comment:

DonPoppleton wrote: »

Its very worrying that there is a very high percentage of these children are not the same nationality of my grandson

tomtontom

thriftyemma wrote: »

There are companies who specialise in helping people appeal the placement decision. It may be worth you (and anybody else who reads this looking for help) contacting one of them, and seeing what your options are.

Please do not pay for advice (or representation) for an appeal. Appeals are designed to be parent friendly, the panel will do everything they can to assist them and give them a good opportunity to make their case. Having representation does not increase your chance of success.

In the case of infant class size appeals, the grounds for successful appeal are very limited. The few successful cases I have seen surround disability and other schools not being able to meet the needs of the child (this is key - if another school can accommodate the child the appeal will fail). There is also the possibility of an administrative error, which can easily be checked by the parent.

pigpen

DonPoppleton wrote: »

People are trying to turn this into a racist thread, so saying different kind of children is racist? If i had said children from many races or children from all around the world would still be a rasist comment? Im far from rasist people are packing like wolves picking out words to make this a rasist thread. Ive seen this many times in topics you get 1 person who begins the pebble on tbe pool and soon others jump on the bandwagon. I have many friends from other cuttures. And not one of my friends have ever called me a racist. I wont be looking at this thread again, infact i wont be here again. Disgusting behaviour from people here.

Different 'kind' of children??? Seriously.. not racist???

what 'kind' of children?? The children I know from other countries are the perfectly ordinary kind of children.. sometimes naughty, sometimes funny, often very loud and shrieky... I've never met a different 'kind' of child.

My boring single language UK born children are exactly the same as my neighbours Polish children and my friends Chinese children and another friends Indian children... they all play the same games, read the same stories, pick their noses mid school play and they all see a friend, not a race, not a difference, not a disadvantage!

Maybe you would like to discuss this post with those friends of yours see if they can make you see where you went so very wrong!

I hope your grandson embraces the opportunity to see what people from other parts of the world are really like and sees they are in fact just the same as him, not different! If only we could all see the world through the eyes of a child!!

GlasweJen

I love that the OP is concerned that her grand child isn't going to receive a good education because the school they have been assigned is multi-cultural but the OPs English is so appalling that they can't spell racist! Don't home school whatever you do lol

School_Parent

Edited that out. People will spin that the wrong way.

kingfisherblue

To answer MSE Towers - my older son is disabled and went to a mainstream primary school, where a good care package was funded by the LEA. I was told a year later that my younger son was unlikely to be accepted, as the school was over subscribed. I pointed out that as I could not be at two different schools to drop off and collect, I would have to remove my older son so that they could go to the same school. Funnily enough, my younger son got a place at the same school as his brother. Now, you could accuse me of being cynical, but could the fact that my older son's care package (which included a full time, Level 3 TA) would go with him, be a factor in my younger son being accepted after I was told it was unlikely? Surely not.....

To the OP, your posts do come across as prejudiced. Is your grandson so precious that he cannot mix with children from other cultures? Don't you want him to embrace tolerance? Or would you prefer to push your own rigid views onto him, instead of allowing him to grow and develop into a decent human being, with his own opinions?

kingfisherblue

School_Parent wrote: »

Edited that out. People will spin that the wrong way.

Shame I didn't quote it before I posted. It was quite a nasty post from a newbie.

susancs

Like others have said, I do think it is important for Parents to put down realistic school choices when applying for both Primary and secondary school places by considering how they fit the published admissions criteria. LEAs publish how many children were admitted under each criteria for previous years, so often parents can work out their chances of getting into a school and make realistic choices based on that. It is for example little use wasting a choice on a school that has not admitted a child who is your home distance from school in recent years.

euronorris

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Shame I didn't quote it before I posted. It was quite a nasty post from a newbie.

I must admit I just assumed it was an AE of the OP looking to vent, without it being seen as them, IYSWIM?

[Deleted User]

I have experienced top rated schools and a school in special measures. The school in special measures was very small, and did have some small problems, mostly caused by the fact they were in special measures and couldn't keep teachers. But the education my son has received has been excellent.

My older son went to a senior school that was top rated. It was the reason I sent him there.., he had special needs but was highly intelligent. What I discovered was the school scored so highly because they concentrated intensely on the 'average' child, totally ignored the needs of those who needed some support (was told it would take resources from the other children) or were highly intelligent. I took him out of the school when I received a report saying my very intelligent son would get 2 GCSE's. He went on to another school and got 7 GCSE's. Same boy, different school.

So I don't take any notice of OFSTED reports anymore. Its what actually goes on in the school and the effort the teachers put in that's important, not supposed test results.