record card at local church for CoE school

[BlueberryPancake]

I know it's controversial, but I can't help it I want to know what people think about this.

We have a very good local CoE school, one form entry, and it is very very oversubscribed. You have to attend local parish churches to be accepted in the school, and live locally, and it is so oversubscribed that they have now introduced a 'loyalty card' type record that parents take with them every time they attend church with the child, and have it signed by a member of the clergy or a reader, or a sidesperson. Their explanation is that there are so many parents who want their children to go to the school that they can't keep track, and that they want the system to be as fair as possible for people who attend church regularly.

Also, in that school, there is a no priority for siblings situation. So if your older child/children are at the school there is no guarantee that the younger one will be accepted. It depends how many people apply and qualify, and how close you live to the school. The rule for no priority for sibblings has been introduced this year for the children starting September 2010.

Isn't this a bit much?

[BetsyBoop]

Ok Fink - I'm in the underpopulated not-quite-so-far north being in the second closest diocese to Scotland

[Fink]

Ah yes, the Midlands...