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Do you ever wonder which school your school head sent his/her children?

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alwaysagile · 16/02/2014 21:54

Recently, I got in an in-depth conversation with my DS's head of school ...and he mentioned where his children went to school. I always assumed that the head's children would go to some of the most academic schools ! I would love to know where your school heads tend to send their children?

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BackforGood · 18/02/2014 23:23

No - I've never wondered as Im not interested in their private lives, I'm only interested in their impact on the school my dc attend.

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alwaysagile · 18/02/2014 22:18

RudyMentary....wow...HT as a facebook friend AND swigging beers from the bottle with them.....I wish ! In our school it is compulsory not only to dress the part but speak the part too...gets incredibly boring I must add ! Biscuitsneeded.....own dad as headteacher....ummmm....great HT to not let his kids go through that !

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charlieandlola · 18/02/2014 20:49

Wherever has got the best reciprocal fees deal !

Biscuitsneeded · 18/02/2014 20:48

Local secondary head sent his kids to the catchment primary, and then got himself another headship in time for his DC to progress to the local secondary rather than have to have their own Dad as headteacher. Which I thought was very considerate of him and also showed a lot of faith in our local school and the state he had left it in. But then he's actually a very nice man!

RudyMentary · 17/02/2014 22:12

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JohnnyBarthes · 17/02/2014 22:06

'Indie' is a term people use for private schools, either because it sounds less establishment than 'private' or because they're not sure how to spell independent.

I only get the spelling right because I have autocorrect, btw Grin

TalkinPeace · 17/02/2014 19:56

no, its a comp

NigellasDealer · 17/02/2014 19:54

so if an independent school is an 'indie' is the comprehensive a 'compie'?

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 17/02/2014 19:50

Head sends hers to local indie. Out of catchment and didn't get space in her comprehensive school.

Last 2 year's GCSE results have been better than at the indie!

atthestrokeoftwelve · 17/02/2014 14:54

Our headmaster sends his kids to their local comprehensive.

bruffin · 17/02/2014 13:57

A HT from an educating programme on tv, appeared in my dd's gcse drama class doing the school tour with his son. Not sure where he lives but we are in the next county.

NCISaddict · 17/02/2014 12:44

No idea if the heads of my DC's secondary schools even had children let alone where they went to school.

TalkinPeace · 17/02/2014 12:35

the teachers send their kids to their catchment schools where they live, like all other parents

many heads do not live in their own catchment : if nothing else because they change jobs and their children go up through the school system

NigellasDealer · 17/02/2014 12:35

well of course they have info but not free entry into schools of their choice!

boubly · 17/02/2014 12:33

NigellasDealer
wow are you really suggesting that parents have the same grasp and access to the info on schools that teachers & heads do?

I would expect people to have more in depth knowledge of the industry they are in than those not in it

Theas18 · 17/02/2014 11:24

Not HT but they teachers I'm friendly with at DD and DS schools (we knew them before the kids went to the school, one is DS godfather!) both had kids at the school at which they taught at the same time as mine were there.

Its a SS grammar and the kids went into the 11+ exactly as everyone else and got in on merit with everyone else.

Indie wise it's different as they often have fee remissions for teachers kids, though the selective still require exams to be sat etc

NigellasDealer · 17/02/2014 10:50

I often wonder if their inside knowledge and network gives them the upper hand in certain schools
for goodness sake they are normal people doing a normal job not some kind of hallowed figures with access to an exclusive network.

eddiemairswife · 17/02/2014 10:47

When my husband got his headship we were advised by the LEA not to live in the same borough, so we lived in the neighbouring borough and our children went to the local comp.

creamteas · 17/02/2014 10:09

Not sure where his kids went, but 2 of the Head's grandkids are at DC's school. It is a comp in an area which has defined catchments as its first priority for admissions. The area includes some naice detached houses and quite a run-down social housing area.

The league-tables illustrate its demographic intake, all kids make progress but the results put it in the middle of the table.

lljkk · 17/02/2014 09:44

DD's HT has 3 kids at a community primary school where he lives & has publicly stated that he intends them to come to the school (state) where he himself is HT when right age.

Pantah630 · 17/02/2014 09:35

Ours sends his son to his school, the local grammar. His son is in the same year as DS2, it's rather amusing watching him going round at parents evening. :)

Dancingqueen17 · 17/02/2014 08:42

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JohnnyBarthes · 17/02/2014 07:41

I have no idea, but I know ds's head of year sends all her children to the school (pretty ok comprehensive). Oh and ds has one of his other teacher's children in his tutor group.

There are no grammars here, thankfully. Lots of fee paying schools, though. I imagine some state school teachers send their children to them, but I don't know any personally.

ThreeBeeOneGee · 17/02/2014 07:23

His child goes to the same primary as mine, and will be starting at the same secondary in September.

motherstongue · 17/02/2014 00:24

DDs head teacher sent her kids to local RC school then at P6 (Scotland) sent her kids to private day school. DSs head teacher at prep sent his kids to boarding school, DSs secondary head teacher - I've no idea.

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