Please don't flame me for this, I'm desperate to get my bullied son into a good secondary school.
One we have had our eye on for years is the all boys military style school in the city centre, excellent exam results, excellent discipline...very hard to get into.
Last year over 300 applied and only 56 got in.
Apparantly they have no catchment area but pick 14 children from 4 areas around the city. So the whole city is covered but only 14 from each "sector" get in iyswim?
They also have to sit an exam, apparantly to ensure a mixture of abilities but I reckon its more to weed out the "Not so clever" ones to keep their exam pass rates so high.
Anyway, our two local catchment schools are hellholes and DS would be crucified at either of them so its essential to me that I get him in this school.
What can I do? can I do ANYTHING other than put his name down and hope for the best?
I have emailed the school and asked what criteria they use when offering places, I have also asked if me and DS can visit the school in the near future. Was this the wrong thing to do?
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MrsSnape · 10/07/2008 23:21
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