Punishment for Parents Lying to Get a Place
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:38 pm
In case you have missed the story here it is
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8334503.stm
What do you think of punishing parents maybe a fine for telling fibbies about where you live to get a place. I must say I feel its one area again where the govt and local authorities seem to push the blame elsewhere.
They have to address the postcode lottery for schools. If you arent fortunate enough to have bags of cash to buy a house in the catchment area of the so called school, then your child will just languish in the local terrible school.
Having been a single parent in my life at one point, living in errm a very bad part of town, I was still very much interested in my DD' education and there was no way I would have taken my DD to the local school. Seriously I would have even considered going to prison than for DD to go to that school
Seriously the fine needs to be £10 000 for parents to be detered, but my suspicion is it will be a couple hundred quid
At the end of the day, there is no need for telling fibbies but what would you do when you cant afford the BIG pounds to live in the area.
And of course all the faces who were moarning about local places being taken are the lucky few who are able to afford living in these areas. So if you live in a council estate your kids should should stay there.
Me thinks the current system of how school are allocated is VERY wrong in that its keeps the poor from the rich and its unfair to keep poor kids from privileged schools and thats what these ministers and council should address.
if the child loses the places because of fibbies from parent what more do they want? Its applying the rules, I know some people who have told fibbies and it seems most get away with it. So really if they want to crack down then they just have to apply the rules `that already exist. I doubt many headteachers want to be in the news for that
Rant over
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8334503.stm
What do you think of punishing parents maybe a fine for telling fibbies about where you live to get a place. I must say I feel its one area again where the govt and local authorities seem to push the blame elsewhere.
They have to address the postcode lottery for schools. If you arent fortunate enough to have bags of cash to buy a house in the catchment area of the so called school, then your child will just languish in the local terrible school.
Having been a single parent in my life at one point, living in errm a very bad part of town, I was still very much interested in my DD' education and there was no way I would have taken my DD to the local school. Seriously I would have even considered going to prison than for DD to go to that school
Seriously the fine needs to be £10 000 for parents to be detered, but my suspicion is it will be a couple hundred quid
At the end of the day, there is no need for telling fibbies but what would you do when you cant afford the BIG pounds to live in the area.
And of course all the faces who were moarning about local places being taken are the lucky few who are able to afford living in these areas. So if you live in a council estate your kids should should stay there.
Me thinks the current system of how school are allocated is VERY wrong in that its keeps the poor from the rich and its unfair to keep poor kids from privileged schools and thats what these ministers and council should address.
if the child loses the places because of fibbies from parent what more do they want? Its applying the rules, I know some people who have told fibbies and it seems most get away with it. So really if they want to crack down then they just have to apply the rules `that already exist. I doubt many headteachers want to be in the news for that
Rant over