So by my reckoning I think this is the fourth professional working couple I have heard of who has rented to get their child into a school.
I do not know this latest couple well at all but was introduced to them in passing by some local friends so my sniping is about a true case I am not making this up.
Latest example just seems so blatant, they move to a new road, rent a new place in a street that now locals can not afford, put their home out to rent and voila - right before the school year suddenly they manage to get a place in one of the outstanding primary schools in Greenwich.
I have friends who live further out than where they are, but not by much we are talking about the next street away and for the last two years these existing homeowners just can't get their children into their most local school in part due to the high demand for renters closer to the school. My friends have accepted schools further out.
I fire I just really wonder how do people have the cheek? I don't believe it is a case of their not being a decent choice either but obviously you need enough money and cheek to mobilise and fake moving house for a while without being caught.
Do council rules not apply when schools become academies? It is just that in Greenwich it seems so prevalent.
How do you stop this sort of thing?
Also my children are not impacted so I don't really know why I find it so annoying - I think it is just the injustice and the attitude that goes with it - like the spouting of people along the lines of "oh little johnny or Jill got in thankfully we had to pull some strings otherwise we would have had to pay private etc etc "
Rant over...maybe I just need to accept the inequality and move on ....
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twee1 · 19/09/2017 12:27
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