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Labro · 14/09/2013 07:34

Ok, daft I know but why do some indie schools insist on doing their entrance exams on a Sunday and starting early in the morning!!!
Transport links are a disaster if having to use public transport!!

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burberryqueen · 14/09/2013 07:35

to weed out the non- car owners i imagine

Labro · 14/09/2013 07:46

Lol, possibly!

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burberryqueen · 14/09/2013 07:47

no, definitely.....
non car owner = poor

meditrina · 14/09/2013 07:53

Because it's the only free day (Saturdays being cluttered with sports fixtures).

lunar1 · 17/09/2013 21:44

Better than our school, they close it for exam day! We don't have a car and they let us in.

Labro · 18/09/2013 08:16

I don't have a car either lunar, never had any problems with schools (other than getting there for the exams lol)

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RichManPoorManBeggarmanThief · 18/09/2013 08:18

Presumably if you can afford private school you can also afford a taxi?

pixelchick10 · 18/09/2013 09:44

ha oh yes - some of us don't have money left after the school fees!

Tasmania · 18/09/2013 11:04

Mon-Fri = School
Sat = Sports
Sun = Free day - unless you go to church

RichManPoorManBeggarmanThief · 18/09/2013 11:54

Seriously though, if you really can't afford a taxi after school fees, don't go private. It's insane to take yourself to the wire financially.

But yes, I imagine its so that the school is free and so that the teachers who supervise the assessment can get on with the rest of their day.

Marmitelover55 · 18/09/2013 16:40

DD1 went to one last year and it was on a Saturday.

Buggedoff · 18/09/2013 17:13

I would prefer a Sunday than having to take time off work to take my dd to an exam on a working day, which is what the grammar schools in these parts do.

exexpat · 18/09/2013 17:21

Round here the entrance exams are all on the same two Saturdays which means they clash with a) each other and b) all the sports/dance/drama etc which happen on Saturday morning. Sunday would probably be easier for a lot of people.

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