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Originally Posted by Neil
You did get into a good school. I know I visited a few and put Mount Carmel down as our third choice. I was very impressed with the school compared to other we visited.
I always thought all schools were the same when I was at school as well. I thought mine was naff like most school kids do. I now know it was a very good school and I was lucky to go there. I would have liked by son to go there but felt it was too far to travel. You really need to have a look around at some others and your eyes might just be opened.
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Open days are very different to real life class room situations. Mount carmel puts on a big act for open days and visitors, its quite a shame really because its deceiving.
I'd have rather gone to clitheroe grammar or QUEGs or something, its much more highly regarded when you get to university and beyond, and you need all the help you can get with law as its very competitive. Rhyddings also has higher GCSE outcome than mount carmel, and St Christophers was the highest in the close local area, and it didnt include the grammar schools. I think Hollins came at the bottom but I can't really remember. It was in the Observer a few months ago though.