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Stobart Stopper
05-09-2005, 18:47
Still can't believe you don't have a senior school, it's just ridiculous.
since i went to secondary school (in lambeth) i think they've closed 2 schools. most poeple in my class at primary school went to schools o/s lambeth (mainly pimlico & graveney).
when my brother got to the stage where he needed to go to secondary school my parents took him out of london. he got much better exam results than he would have done here (better than i did anyway). seems drastic but i think it did him good. he's also stayed out of all the shit i got into.
i'd move my kids out of london to go to school.
William of Walworth
05-09-2005, 19:13
Non helpful comment : I'd avoid kids ... ;)
most poeple in my class at primary school went to schools o/s lambeth (mainly pimlico & graveney).
Is Graveney in Tooting/Wandsworth?? :confused:
I'm surprised, but I suppose not all that surprised, that Southwark schools may not be an option.
I know little about them not being a parent, but it's hard to withstand my longstanding (13 years) and fixed (but supported by evidence both anecdotal and actual) opinion that everything in Southwark is run less incompetently then in Lambeth. The 'less incompetently' bit is deliberately chosen wording -- I stand by my entirely evidence free opinion ;) that Southwark PAY Lambeth to be shit. so that when any Southwark related scandal (of which there are many) appears in the SLP, people will react -- oh well, at least we're not as badly off as next door!!
Anyway, back to schools, feel free to contradict me if the above very generalised comments don't apply with education ...
i dont think southwarks any better. i know people who went to alleyns & jags (private) but also to bacons, kingsdale and william penn (??now charter school or academy or something) both of which were awful. my friends little sisters went to waverley and hated it.
i guess its as much about the child as the school though.
when i travel home from work at 7am i'm often suprised by the amount of kids in uniform getting on the bus at that time. i know some of them arent going to go straight to school but there's a lot of uniforms from schools in croydon which must take an hour easily to get to. kids shouldnt travel that far.
William of Walworth
05-09-2005, 19:22
Interesting!! Thanks for that. And I tend to agree about it being wrong to have to travel so far ...
Still can't believe you don't have a senior school, it's just ridiculous.Isn't Charles Edward Brooke (http://www.charlesedwardbrooke.lambeth.sch.uk/) a Lambeth senior school :confused:
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 21:12
Single sex C of E
:eek: Is that really the only one?
Trust me to live near the only school in Lambeth - little buggers throwing crisp packets in my garden.. tsk ;) :D
if only that was all they got up to :(
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 21:27
There's Stockwell Park but the intake isn't huge and it has baggage and history that makes most parents refuse point blank to let their kids go there. Also there's no 6th form. It's also predominantly male. My son goes there and at one point there were only two girls in his class. There are loads of subjects they don't offer. No History GCSE for example. In fact they are veering heavily towards Vocational stuff to bump them up in the league tables which will scupper kids who want to do a degree later.
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 21:28
btw, If I hadn't fought tooth and nail to get him in there as we were turned down for all the out of borough choices we tried for, he'd be one of those kids with no school.
No History GCSE for example.
:eek:
:(
That's a real shame.
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 21:43
They do have an excellent Music Department though, I didn't know that when he went there, and he is very talented in that area and has always wanted to be a musician, which he's already doing, and he's done music teaching in the holidays and has earned money doing that already.
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 21:48
My child isn't academic at all and has no plans for university, which is just as well. If a child has plans to go to university their choices would be very limited indeed as there are very few GCSE choices there. They'd have to do the relevant GCSEs at college after leaving Stockwell Park at 16 as so many courses are vocational.
lang rabbie
05-09-2005, 22:55
Tonight's BBC programme (http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/08/31/insideout_newschool_feature.shtml) looks as if it was a bit of a cuttings job from previous stories about the West Norwood school.
i think dunraven is probably the best bet - but thats selective isnt it?
apart from that its religious, single sex or bloody awful schools.
lang rabbie
05-09-2005, 22:59
Still can't believe you don't have a senior school, it's just ridiculous.
The issue is that of the schools that we have left (http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/EducationLearning/SchoolsColleges/SecondarySchools.htm), too many are either church schools, single sex, or former Grant Maintained Schools now turned specialist "Foundation" schools (some with unclear entry requirements) - which is what restricts many parents' options.
I started reading this thread and though well you've got Stockwell High :rolleyes:
I know it doesn't have a great rep though. :(
What is the problem with single sex schools I thought they were better for kids anyway? (OK maybe not boys so much)
I started reading this thread and though well you've got Stockwell High :rolleyes:
I know it doesn't have a great rep though. :(
What is the problem with single sex schools I thought they were better for kids anyway? (OK maybe not boys so much)
they aren't so great for girls either, get incredibly bitchy
lang rabbie
06-09-2005, 00:05
i think dunraven is probably the best bet - but thats selective isnt it?
Not selective in the grammar school sense, just massively oversubscribed.
They use the old ILEA system of testing the kids, dividing them into five "broad ability groups", and then within each of the five groups picking the kids with the shortest walk to school - which tends to mean Streatham or West Norwood.
Stobart Stopper
06-09-2005, 04:17
I thought we had it tough here in Redbridge but I think it's only a tiny number who are without a place this year. We have one badly failing school, which is our nearest one but I managed to get our son into a sport's college which is a bit further but more suitable for him. The academic results here are not outstanding but what they do achieve is very good in terms of actual results.
I feel so sorry for the parents in Lambeth, it's a very stressful time, I Know as we went through the selection thing this time last year. Kids want to be with their mates, parents want the best school for them. It's bloody difficult.
What is the problem with single sex schools I thought they were better for kids anyway? (OK maybe not boys so much)
Definitely not for boys. Leaving school with practically zero knowledge of half the human race is not a good thing, trust me.
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 07:14
What Lambeth parents want is secular co-ed non-selective schools. If you have a girl and are happy for her to go a church school (and have been regularly attending church services beforehand and can prove it) you have a reasonable chance of getting a place, otherwise not.
Every year hundreds of kids in Lambeth have to go out of borough. Obviously kids from those other boroughs are sorted first so Lambeth parents have to scrabble around for what's left. There were perfectly good schools in Lambeth but they were closed and the land sold for private housing developments.
Stobart Stopper
06-09-2005, 07:48
They were talking about the Nelson Mandela school on the programme last night, does anyone know if there's a petition people can sign supporting it?
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 07:58
If you can it will be on this site...
www.sscil.org.uk
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