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on the same street as me, most of the kids around here go to Rhyddings though

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cant understand why someone would send their kid all the way to ossy from blackburn....seems really daft to me

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My daughter came home from school tonight with her letter. She has got into Our Ladys.

However there are a few who had put down St Bedes and have been refused. One little girl lives around the corner from St Bedes and has an older sister there and has still been refused.

Seems alot of people are not happy.

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that's a real shame. It's more upsetting when one of your children go to one school, then the others can't get in :(

It sounds like a right rigmarole this year for a lot of people.

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I thought that was supposed to be one of the more cast iron criteria :confused:

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Siblings is usually part of the selection criteria, however if the older sister is currently in year 11 that wouldn't apply

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The number 1 criteria is almost always children with special needs.

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I was under the impression that having a sibling at school does not matter these days when it comes to secondary schools. It applies at primary schools but not secondaries.

The reason being that at primary school somebody has to take and collect them and parents can't be at two schools at the same time. Once they get to secondary school it is assumed they can make their own way to and from school so it doesn't matter if siblings attend the same one.

The only secondary I have experience of is St Christopher's and this is the way they used to look at it and I assume they still do.

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It said on my lads form that having siblings in the school, is taken into account when processing application forms.

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Im sorry to hear that you lad didnt get into our lady's shaz


I got my letter from the school telling me that my son got into his 1st choice school, now the only problem is i have to pay for the school bus which i thought was free because we live over 3 miles away from the closest school, but i will soon find out how much its gonna sting me

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i think its only free if on benefits, highest rate of working tax credit or free school meal entitlement.

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St Bede's is Catholic, isn't it? Wouldn't the first criteria for this school be

'Are you a practising Catholic?'

I'd have thought they'd take Catholics first and allocate any places left over to non Catholics. I only know that this is how they do it at St Christopher's. They take C of E churchgoers first and as it's over subscribed there aren't many places left over. At St Christopher's where you live and whether you have siblings in school doesn't matter.

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Aaah right. The selection criteria must be different for non Church schools. The only one I have experience of is St Christopher's.

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I got the same letter as you then, it says new eligibility for transport to secondary schools - september 2008
tell you what thats peed me off, they aint told me how much its gonna cost for the bus, i will end up taking him myself if its too much

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Does the bus go straight threw?? or does he need to change buses?? I would be terrified sending zack all that way......(( but then again, I panic over everything like their still 2 years old)) :o