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You just can't help loving our blazey can you. :iloveyou:

That is exactly the sort of post I expected form you :D:D:D



Neil sits back waiting for flashys return fire :hesoff:

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MICHELLE, you OBVIOUSLY DIDNT read all this thread, the people who bothered to read it actually know what they are talking about, meaning stop jumping into conversations when you DONT know all the facts, i said FROM THE BEGINNING that i had only put one school down, now stop trying to jump on the bandwagon, you talk utter bollox and you think you are big and clever, when actually you are quite dim arent you

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thankyou for this Margaret, it's rather fitting for post 201

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I think you will find that alot of parents do that... when i left primary school my dad only put one choice down and that was for the only catholic school in the area....AND no matter how bright a child is... how can they achieve their full potential at a rubbish school?? If schools dont need to be good for their pupils to learn what is the point of OFSTED?

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Very good question, see my thread about OFSTED and nursery childcare here

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I knew there was something I liked about you flashy, you have a way with words:D

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Says the chavette who, on her own admission, isn't catholic and hasn't had her son baptised, applies for a place at a catholic high school. She says she didn't think he would get in. So does she name two acceptable alternatives? Does she fairy-cakes. Surprise, surprise he doesn't get in and the Local Education Authority allocates him a place at another school. Flashytart doesn't like this and stamps her feet, "I'm not sending him there" "I'm going to thcweam and thcweam and thcweam".
Who's the one who is really quite dim now.
Accringtonweb's very own Vicky Pollard.

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[quote=BrianPotter;542238]Says the chavette who, on her own admission, isn't catholic and hasn't had her son baptised,

Excuse me?? is everyone who hasn't had their children baptised CHAV's??

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I only put ONE school when my daughter started , so ya saying I dont give a **** either?................talk sense girl FFS

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hey shaz? is this guy 1 of yer exs?:D

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You are welcome!

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I feel sorry in general for those who have been left disappointed, dont get me wrong, particularly if your child didn't even get into their second choice, but I find it hard to feel sorry for someone who is annoyed at where their child got put when they only put one choice down. Surely its common sense to know that schools can get oversubscribed and they cant have everybody, so it's wise to put in a security choice?

How can you complain if you dont put down other preferences? It basically just looks like you dont care where you get put if you dont get into the first choice.

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eeee and again, carry on, i'm loving you even more now :D

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I feel the same nida,I went to Rhyddings yesterday, and asked if they had received an application form from belthorn primary, regarding a place at rhyddings for Jack, and they hadnt !! ( wot a surprise ) I then went on to tell them my tail, about jack being offered a place at Blakewater College:mad:

Anyway they also confirmed to me the conversation that they had with our sec at belthorn the otherday,about their only being 10 places left at Rhyddings and that i had 1 for jack ;)
Im just waiting for it to come throught the post to confirm it as i wont settle till i gat it in black and white !!! lol
How ever i got a letter this morning to say i got a place for jake to start belthorn in sep :)
one down one to go lol xx

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ah i'm really glad you got it sorted out Em, thats great news hun :D

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Blazey may i ask how many children you have ??

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Just herself.........

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Sounds like a lot of people didn't get their first choice this year, a friend of mine put Haslingden down for her daughter, they live near me and their daughter is at Peel Park same as Kelsey was, yet she hasn't got in, she has her second choice of Hollins.....odd.
They are appealing against it as she has family at Haslingden.
Also been told that BRGS have changed their admission policy, previously the child sat the entrance exam and you had to put BRGS down as your first choice before the exam results came out meaning that if the child then failed the exam you had wasted your first choice and other schools don't look too favourably on not being first choice !:rolleyes:
Now you get the exam results before the forms have to go back, hence the huge influx of kids trying to get into Hassy high !

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lol that figures :alright:

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I'm 19 Howarth, and whilst I am from the local area, I do not conform to the social norms...

Sorry if I'm not enough of a chav to share the same views as the rest of the population.

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So are we all chavs now?:eek:
When did that happen?:o
Where's my Burberry?:rolleyes:

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Reading between two threads I think that just got upgraded to fascist chavs :D

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My point was more along the lines of the population who fall into my age group. The majority of the people I know from school now have children, some got pregnant whilst still in school.

Though yes, fascist chavs does sum up a lot of people on this forum :p

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such as...........?

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Don't think she means me, I don't have a track suit, or even enough hair to put scrunchies in !:p

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That used to be the case but not now. The school does not know if you put them as 1st 2nd or 3rd.

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Ah that's interesting, one of the schools in the admissions book when Kelsey went actually stated that it wouldn't consider pupils who hadn't put it as first choice, think it was one of the grammar schools. Think it was worded something like " if your child passes the entrance exam but we weren't the first choice priority will be given to others who passed the exam and did put it as first choice" ;it then went on to give you percentages showing how this worked in practice and basically you were stuffed as there were so few places and you didn't put it first !:rolleyes:

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well iv never heard that one before!
i think its disgusting, ya should be able to put your kid where you want!
I never had problems with my kids....

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St Chris's used to be like that as well. I am not totally convinced they still will not know because the actual method of selection has not really been made public.

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Thats not possible though when everyone wants their kids to go to the same school. They have to use some method of selection. People used to move close to good schools when they used distance as the main selection method. You then got people moaning that they lived on a rough Council estate so could only send their kids to the school near by that was full of all the rough kids. That is the main reason they changed it I think. Now other people are moaning for other reasons.

They will never please everyone until they sort out the root of the probem - there are still good schools and bad schools. The bad schools need to be sorted out.

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Whats got to be a bit demoralising is when you are a teacher at a school thats at the bottom of everyones selection list and you know that come September you are going to be facing a new bunch of societys retards/rejects...... wonder if they ever feel they missed a step on the career ladder

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I'm sure they do Steeljack, but having said that it must be more of a challenge for them ( if you like challenges of that nature !)

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Who, the teachers or the retards ( i like that word, it is not used nearly enough these days :rolleyes::D)

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Has it not? I didn't think there was any secrecy about it.

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My word why, cant u tell ure at uni....................
enough said........................... :p

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A few kids at my lads school did not get their first choice, even though they met all the required criteria and live closer to the school than other kids that got in.

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Are we still talking about St Christopher's? :confused:

That school is shockingly over subscribed. If the lads have met all the criteria, i.e going to church regularly and still not got in then what's going on? Is it now so over subscribed that they are having to look at how long people have been attending church?

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On a slightly different note (I don't usually go off topic so please excuse me) I did hear a kid say the other day that she did not need to go to church on Sunday now she has got her place at St. Christophers :D

Not mine by the way, they all went.

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I'd love to know how they check, at the churches associated with my schools I dont recall there being any register that you had to sign...

I went to catholic schools but I dont recall them checking my church attendance. Probably quite a good job too because I didn't come from a religious family, so I'd have had a job with that at primary school :p and I think the idea of a 12yr old going to church by themselves is weird so even high school woul be a bit strange too... it's so abnormal that I imagine the regulars (who are slowly becoming extinct) would actually frown upon it and accuse you of being up to no good!

I've never met anyone who didn't get into the school of their choice. I think people who have gone to a religious primary school have it easier because when you leave there the nearest religious high school EXPECTS you to go there.

St Christophers aren't being overwhelmed with christians, they're being overwhelmed with the best pupils because it's the best high school around and gets the best results. I hate to be a bit shallow but it also has quite a nice uniform and I bet some people pick it for those reasons too.

Out of interest do these problems occur the same with primary schools? Because obviously they can take even less students on per year...

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The faith criteria has nothing to do with the child, it is the attendance of the parent (I think - but not often).

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How does that work then if I just said I don't have religious parents? It is like that for christenings and weddings though.

You still don't have to sign a register when you enter church, and I'd be surprised if the priest checked every time to see if you were there. You do meet with the priest so many times, but it isn't really fair I dont think to just a childs faith on their parents. Though I of course would never claim life is fair. I just don't recall ever going to church much to get into school, though I remember my christening.

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Maybe your mum was giving the priest some then :eek::D

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA if only you lot knew

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ooops, have I uncovered some Catholic priest sex scandal?
I hope alter boys are not involved in this one for a change :eek:

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no nothing like that

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thanks for the pm blazey very interesting........................ ?????

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take no notice of her Em, no one else does :rolleyes:

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in Some churches there is a register type of system. A good vicar who knows his congregation will know who's there and who's not. Also the children usually attend sunday school at the church and a register is taken there, so it may be noted on that if they are with or without parents.

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Ah they don't have that with mine, and as far as I know there isn't a sunday school either, though I may be wrong. It's been a while since I've been.

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it all depends which church you go to doesnt it

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I actually thought a lot of churches stopped doing summer schools, though I think St Pauls Methodists still have one, an Rhyddings methodists... and that one at the bottom of new lane...

Not so sure whether I know any others though.

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thank god im protestant

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Thank god I'm atheist :D:D do ya get it?? thank god i'm..... oh well, I tried :D

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your getting worse slinks ..... :p

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Your telling me....... gets bad when a Mod has to pm me, to tell me, to behave myself :eek: me?? I always do, I think he sent it to the wrong person :o

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I havent got one :tongueout

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On BBC News today a chap has been saying that there is to be an enquiry into school allocations because some schools have not obeyed the new rules.

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Is it the schools or the Education Authorities? I did not think the schools picked the kids, I thought they were given to them by the education authority.

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I was doing other things when it was on - but recall hearing something about some schools had given preference to children of parents who had contributed financially to the school -- old story - backhanders :rolleyes:

PS BBC NEWS | Education | Shock over schools 'breaking law'

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I know alot about blazeys mum, what do you mean?:confused:

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Sorry margaret, I really didn't see your P.S. :o

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i have been thinking for a long time now if i should really bother with Our Ladys or not, should i chance Reece getting a place there or should i ring up another school and ask if they have any places left? i rang Rhyddings and spoke to a lovely lady over the phone who advised me to ring the Globe Centre in Accrington, which i did, and they have several places left at Rhyddings, yes i know i should have put 3 choices down in the first place, and yes this is my own stupid fault for not obiding by the rules, but i needed to settle a place for Reece so both he and me have piece of mind, so i'm off to the education today to accept a place for Reece at Rhyddings
as long as he doesnt have to go to Blakewater i'm not bothered

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its a bit far to travel to rhyddings everyday isnt it?, you live in blackburn dont ya?

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good luck Flashy

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Travel is bearable if it gets the education you want for him.
My grandson travelled from Ossy to Waterfoot, changing buses, for his secondary school.
He didn't get home until turned 5pm - but time spent on the bus = time not spent getting into mischief ;)

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My grandaughter had to do something similar Margaret. Catch the bus from Clayton to Whalley, change there for bus out to Grindleton . Bowland High School. Her mum did a practice run with her before school opened and she went every day herself from thereon. Now she is living in Dewsbury, and at college in Leeds, so walking down to the station and catching train is no hardship for her.

I think Flashy lives around Intack ? not very far. She will no doubt let us know, and feel sure will be on some sort of bus route. I'm pleased she is getting Reece sorted anyway.

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Yes, there is a direct bus route from Flashy's to the school.

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That surprises me - must be a school special - I thought he would need to change buses at Church lights.

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Ahhhhhhh, you could be right there Margaret!!

But is there not one that goes up Thwaites Rd, then down into Ossy any more?? :confused:

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You could well be right - I have never used that circular route.

Ive just had a quick look
Traveline - Public Transport Info
he will have to go via Church - not too far to walk from Rhyddings to Church is it.

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lol no no no no its not a school special, its what was the Hyndburn Circular(6&7) i am just on the outskirts of Blackburn and Ossy, i live near Wynsors, so that bus will take him right the way through from mine :D

been down to the globe centre today, filled all the relevant forms in and ive also been upto Rhyddings to have a word with the secretary there and got a prespectus, just have to wait a week for it all to go through

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:) My cousin just got into my high school after opposing! :D

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opposing? appealing?

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I know i'm talking about a primary school but my little bro got a place in a school that had turned him down... always worth a try?

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i am still waiting for the appeal i put in for Our Ladies, they said i would just have to wait till i get the letter from them, they sit the appeals 'sometime' in May, bollox to them, i've found a different school anyway

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She means appealing, they put Hassy down as first and got Hollins, thankfully she has got in on appeal.

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thats excellent news

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just got a letter to confirm Reece's place at Rhyddings, i asked Monday, he went for the open day Tuesday and today i got the letter, how quick is that???

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Oh that's great shaz!! Nice one. Bit of peace of mind for you. :alright:

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cheers Mel, i'll stop going on about it now :D;)

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That is good news, now you can start getting his uniform sorted:eek:

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Bernie, how old are your Catherines kids now? you've got all this to go through yet havent you?

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Her eldest is in the second year at Hollins and the middle one goes in September. Doesn't time fly???

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oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol i didnt know they where that age, i always thought they where younger than Reece for some reason, mind you i havent seen them for years

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I am going to put in a complaint in to LCC, we don't want your sort coming to Ossy for parents evenings and such like :p:p:p:p:p:D

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lol shut it you :p