332 children didn't get a place at secondary school in Hackney this year...

[SixSpotBurnet]

This is not just children who didn't get a place in their first choice school, mark you - this is children who didn't get a place at all.

I feel very despondent about this. DS1 is in Year 4 so we don't have much time to ponce about with this. I really don't want to move but I am starting to think we are mad to stay .

OMG, bundle, is distinct possibility!

And that reminds me - I haven't returned your DS's books .

s'aright porpoise, i'd be the one with the red face, panting

Porpoise! why haven't you been to one of our NE London mumsnetter get-togethers? Eh?

You could be right about Stokey, SixSpot, BUT havea friend whose ds is there and he is a real chess geek (plays for england, I think).

And the other kids think he is UBER cool.

GET-TOGETHERS?

i think stokey has lots of little "groups"

my boss's son is doing his gcse's there - he's a bit skatery, into some science and wants to do politics, music, all sorts really

6spotburnett, are you someone else?

Wow!

Actually, I am kidding. I'd give my right arm for DS1 to get a place there . And DS2 (a luvvie through and through) would adore it.

bundle, you know me, you are dining with me at Yum Yum shortly

think ancient, think prehistoric...

Are you on my email list?

Porpoise, shall we CAT you?

Porpoise, CAT me and I'll add you in.

Tho' we may need a change of venue as I'm currently confined to base with badly broken leg. By end April will be going stir-crazy tho'.

Well, because I haven't been asked to Yum Yum then I WANT THOSE BOOKS BACK NOW

frogs, yes, and I need to email you.

ahhh mrs glenister, nice to see you

likin' your new name...

Frogs? Leg? Leg??

Bink, would you really be prepared to trek to Stokey on a midweek night? We'd be thrilled to have you! (And I could give you the books back...)

frogs, oh no, how did that happen?

Oh, it's YOU....

Yes, leg. Tibia, fibula and bit of knee joint. Lots of tiny pieces. Wouldn't recommend it. Week in the Whittington off my head on controlled drugs, now thankfully at home, shuffling between bed and bathroom.

What??? Oh no!! How??

shit that sounds baaadd
am doing prog on knees, they're tricky blighters

Came off my bike in the Archway Rd. Not a scenic venue, but thankfully close to a range of high-quality medical facilities.

Tho' being an in-patient at the Whittington is something else. I knew it was time to get out when I hopped to the bathroon in the middle of the night to find that it reeked of smoke and the basin was full of ash. After an exciting day listening to the lady next door playing daytime TV all day, overlaid with the lady on the otherside playing 'Only Fools and Horses' DVDs all day, and the girl opposite playing rap on her mobile with all her mates.

Farkin' hell.

shit frogs, wish I'd known, could have brought you something noisy to drown them out! x