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Faith admission criteria

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lizzytee · 25/09/2016 20:29

Our local Catholic school has just revised its admission criteria for 2017-18 - 3 years regular mass attendance (previously 2), baptism dates asked for but not first holy communion.

I've been a regular attended for 2 and a bit years. Damn.

No feeder schools, choir/music places or any other route.

Any thoughts?

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DiscoMike · 25/09/2016 21:51

How are they monitoring the attendance? How is it quantified? After a spate of successful appeals, the attendance criteria at our schools has changed from the rather woolly 'get the priest to sign if he thinks he's seen you since 2005' to 'must be witnessed signing the register at mass every week for X weeks with the signature that matches your driving licence whilst remaining in the building until mass is fully over' type approach.

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lizzytee · 25/09/2016 21:13

I'm Catholic, kids baptised as babies but didn't start attending with them regularly until DD was 8, partly because I hated sitting through Mass as a kid.

They're at a non-faith primary.

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missnevermind · 25/09/2016 21:04

Are you Catholic or just want a catholic school experience.
My children have always gone to catholic school, my eldest has just started university and I am very surprised that the differences in levels of teaching all down the line

missnevermind · 25/09/2016 21:01

If they are feeding from a local catholic primary school then surely they have had regular attendance during that time So hopefully will be more than the three years requested

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