Thoughts about Denmark Road and Stroud High School
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It may just be an issue of space.
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Wow - that is shocking, they've only invited the top 150?!onthefence wrote:
We got notification of a 'top 150' evening event at DR. Suspect that Phoenix Mum is correct in that they are trying to cream off the girls who got the highest rankings. I find the behind the scenes machinations to get the 'best' students intriguing. Could be the basis of a mockumentary tv series. I may write it.
My DD at 158 is obviously not good enough for them!
Hope this arrogant, elitist attitude sees them under PAN on allocation day!
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Well that can't be used as an excuse. The school could have asked to book a place and have open days on 2 different days like the other schools.mitasol wrote:It may just be an issue of space.
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I really hope that’s not true about DR only inviting the top 150! Would certainly put me off, when I’ve already not found them very accommodating anyway.
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We had heard this as well from a colleague whose daughter was invited. Have to say their whole attitude has left me feeling underwhelmed and that we aren't good enough. My DD was 201, so it's not like she is massively out of the 150. I felt from the talk last year that their aim was all about having the best results and I think this shows that.
I would rather have a school focused on the individual and more warm and welcoming.
I would rather have a school focused on the individual and more warm and welcoming.
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Must admit I'm unsighted on any invites that DR may or may not have sent out, but we were talking to someone else on the tour round Stroud today that I'm sure said that they'd phoned DR and had sorted out a time with them (not sure if they were "Top 150" or not).
Perhaps they've directly invited the Top 150 - but I'm not sure that implies they wouldn't let you have a tour at the same (or another) time.
To be honest they wouldn't be the only school with crossed wires on who can/can't go on specific days or whether you have to book or not (and mismatches between what their web site says and what's been in letters/e-mails).
It would be really odd/stupid to limit tours (after the open day they managed to hold before the results were out) to the "Top 150" when clearly they are going to have to go down further than that even to allow for the ones that got to Pates, let alone those that go for Ribston, Stroud or Crypt.
Perhaps they've directly invited the Top 150 - but I'm not sure that implies they wouldn't let you have a tour at the same (or another) time.
To be honest they wouldn't be the only school with crossed wires on who can/can't go on specific days or whether you have to book or not (and mismatches between what their web site says and what's been in letters/e-mails).
It would be really odd/stupid to limit tours (after the open day they managed to hold before the results were out) to the "Top 150" when clearly they are going to have to go down further than that even to allow for the ones that got to Pates, let alone those that go for Ribston, Stroud or Crypt.
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Not sure they'd end up "under PAN" as it's likely that enough would get swept up as result of having them 2nd or 3rd choice on the CAF but not getting their 1st choice etc - which would result in them getting a different mix from their "qualified" list (they may be trying to encourage the "Top 150" to stick with them but they ended up going to 406th, 368th and 346th in the last 3 years).Phoenix-Mum wrote:Wow - that is shocking, they've only invited the top 150?!onthefence wrote:
We got notification of a 'top 150' evening event at DR. Suspect that Phoenix Mum is correct in that they are trying to cream off the girls who got the highest rankings. I find the behind the scenes machinations to get the 'best' students intriguing. Could be the basis of a mockumentary tv series. I may write it.
My DD at 158 is obviously not good enough for them!
Hope this arrogant, elitist attitude sees them under PAN on allocation day!
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The 150 evening is next week a school friend of my DD is going I also feel this is a slap in the face for the likes of my DD who have a good ranking for Denmark.
Personally I will be putting crypt as first choice, I will Not be surprised if I’m not the only one enraged by this .
Personally I will be putting crypt as first choice, I will Not be surprised if I’m not the only one enraged by this .
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Can I please clarify...
My DD is in Top 150 at DR and has an invite for the Top 150 meeting with the headteacher. This is not a open day event and is only a meeting with Headteacher to celebrate their success (as the wording in email says and the school clarified). We wouldn't be given the opportunity to look around the school. We had to, like everybody else, book an open day session with them to look around.
I am not sure how this meeting is going to be - will find out next week and of course, its not just the Top 150 who were successful!!
My DD is in Top 150 at DR and has an invite for the Top 150 meeting with the headteacher. This is not a open day event and is only a meeting with Headteacher to celebrate their success (as the wording in email says and the school clarified). We wouldn't be given the opportunity to look around the school. We had to, like everybody else, book an open day session with them to look around.
I am not sure how this meeting is going to be - will find out next week and of course, its not just the Top 150 who were successful!!
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Thanks for the clarification, but it still doesn't sit well with me.Gramds wrote:Can I please clarify...
My DD is in Top 150 at DR and has an invite for the Top 150 meeting with the headteacher. This is not a open day event and is only a meeting with Headteacher to celebrate their success (as the wording in email says and the school clarified). We wouldn't be given the opportunity to look around the school. We had to, like everybody else, book an open day session with them to look around.
I am not sure how this meeting is going to be - will find out next week and of course, its not just the Top 150 who were successful!!
That is our current first choice too, hoping their will be more girls this yearDarth wrote:The 150 evening is next week a school friend of my DD is going I also feel this is a slap in the face for the likes of my DD who have a good ranking for Denmark.
Personally I will be putting crypt as first choice, I will Not be surprised if I’m not the only one enraged by this .