Notre Dame High School for Girls

[dancemom]

Did anyone see the article on the BBC today about the campaign by the Parent Council of a feeder primary to make the school co-ed?

I not actually sure we are disagreeing Boiled. I'm still not entirely sure whether you are in favour or catholic schools per se.

I'm not from Glasgow, catholic schools have had less of an impact on me.

Boiled7up what does the fact that the Gaelic school has a largely middle class intake have to do with heritage?
The fact that the Gaelic school is oversubscribed shows there must be a demand for it.

Personally, I believe that taxpayers shouldn't be subsidising a single sex school, especially one with only 600 pupils. I'm surprised it's still single sex. It seems a very outdated concept.

The Gaelic school has undoubtedly benefitted from its reputation as the closest thing to private education in the state system. There was a thread on MN not too long ago to that effect.

NDHS's roll is listed as 658..... GGS only has 272 in the secondary cohort.
The primary rolls are 478 (ND) and 540 (GGS).
I don't think you can argue GGS is oversubscribed and ND isn't.

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As you can see, ND also has a higher percentage of pupils from deprived families.

I wouldn't send a child of mine either to ND or the GGS, but, as I have said, I support choice and I recognise the history of ND.

As the parent of a child that goes to ND primary, I got a chance to vote, I voted yes to opening up the school to boys. Currently boys have to go to St Thomas which is nearly 3 miles away from Notre Dame Primary. A placing request needs to be made to go to one of the nearer non dom high schools. St Thomas doesn't appear to do particularly well either in comparison to other west end schools.

It wasnt made clear to me at enrolment that such a placing request would be required for high school and giving the rising school rolls in the west end, theres not much chance my sons would be accepted by time the oldest leaves primary in 5 years.

If parents want single sex, they should pay. The huge numbers of girls coming from afar and being driven to school also causes huge issues in the surrounding streets. It is a nightmare there at school drop off and pickup as a resident.

Changing from single sex may also free up places in NDP as previously I believe that girls from the other side of the city were attending primary so that they could get a space in secondary. This may have been clamped down on this year from something the head has said.

Developers seem to be springing up housing everywhere in the west end with no requirement for new schools, changing the status from single sex will mean that the boys who live in the area will get a chance to go to school by walking there, including those living in these new developments.

Over 80% of parents at NDP voted yes so I hope that this does happen. And not in line with the comment from another poster who wanted all girls currently there to finish school. It may be selfish but I want this to happen sooner rather than later so that my older son can walk to his nearest school and not be forced to get buses much further afield.

I can see why NDP parents would vote yes, but surely the issue is whether NDH parents vote yes? The primary is only one amongst the feeder schools and while parental view must be considered, so must the views of the parents who have girls at NDH.

I went to NDH and while there were a number of non-Catholic pupils at the school then, I would be surprised if non-Catholics were in the majority now (I'm happy to stand corrected if there are figures to prove that Catholics are in the minority). Obviously my experience of the school is out of date due to my age (I left in 1991) but it was a unique and brilliant school then and I hope it remains that way.