ToadMum wrote:
Glos18 wrote:
I have just been leafing through the booklet given out at crypt open evening this evening and took a look at their selection criteria for next year. Looks like all the qualifying score kids are prioritised:
1. Looked after children
2. PP kids
3. Kids of teachers
4. The rest are ordered according to distance from school!
I had no idea that there would be such a change. Are any other grammars planning to do the same?
Is that a preview of a consultation document for 2020 entry? It's far too late for it to be a change in policy for next September.
Does the school have a lot of problems with selecting school teams etc due to lots having to dash away for private coaches as soon as the dismissal bell goes?
They don’t particularly have problems filling teams although it’s obviously more difffcult in all the GS due to the distance lots of students travel. They have mentioned many times over the years I’ve been involved that they want to encourage more local students to aspire to getting a place. I think it was last year or the year before, the head said that no children came from the nearest primary schools & how he wanted to change that & tap into the local potential as felt that was the school’s responsibility. As a local parent, I think that’s very admirable.