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No room in classroom for student

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 18:03

My child goes to an independent school run by an educational charity. Great school, growing and keen to increase their numbers. During this term a new child has started, and my child just told me for one of the lessons, which they have twice a week, there is not enough desks for the new students, so they have to sit on the floor! My child is in Yr 9, surely the school are not able to do this?

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MommieMommyMom · 16/02/2017 18:04

This is CRAZY....

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 18:05

Ok, so not just me then? I am so shocked! Really feel like complaining, even though it is not my own child!

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user1484226561 · 16/02/2017 18:05

sounds quite normal to me, we frequently don't have enough chairs and tables for students.

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 18:06

In a independent school? We pay a lot of money!

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user1484226561 · 16/02/2017 18:06

A lot of new schools have been built in the last decade, and since the sweeping education cuts, we find that a lot of the new classrooms are too small for the increased class sizes we now have.

piss poor planning, and millions wasted, but pretty par for the course.

OneWithTheForce · 16/02/2017 18:07

Could they ask parents to donate a chair? I'd happily give up a dinner chair for a classroom.

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 18:12

I might turn up with mine of Monday!!

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Lunde · 16/02/2017 18:13

Is there no room physically to fit extra tables/chairs? Or is there room but not enough furniture?

If not enough furniture surely they should be using some of the fees to rectify this?

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 18:21

Apparently the teacher said there was no physical room for a desk, but DC keeps saying she doesn't understand as she thinks there is. Though that just her opinion!

Surely if the classroom is full, they shouldn't be accepting new students...

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Draylon · 16/02/2017 18:47

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MaisyPops · 16/02/2017 19:09

When I've had 33 and 34 in my room (set up for 32), site staff gave me a couple of spare chairs and I added 1 extra to 2 tables. It was a bit of a squash but reasonable for the last tern as we just had some late additions.

A fee paying school should absolutely sort this out.

Astro55 · 16/02/2017 19:12

DD is the last cimmer to one class - every lesson she has to go begging for a chair in another class - she sits alone facing a wall - rather than in twos facing teacher - she doesn't seem to mind at all - floor would be different

OneWithTheForce · 16/02/2017 19:19

Does the teacher have a desk?

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Fedupagain1975 · 16/02/2017 19:22

They are in classes of 24, so not big! The school is only about 450. It not big ad I understand they are trying to grow, but not this is great for learning. Always the new kid that sits on the floor!

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SnugglySnerd · 16/02/2017 19:25

I work in a state school. When we have very large classes we use one of the folding exam desks to accommodate extras. A fee-paying school should be able to manage something!

bloodyteenagers · 16/02/2017 19:34

That's terrible. Lack of thinking for the school/teacher to say on the short term basis all we need is a chair whilst furniture is re-jiggled. This way new student can join one of the other tables and make a group of three rotating this, or they can sit at my desk or even using one of the storage drawers etc.

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