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Archive => Archived Boards => Local Issues => Topic started by: admin on January 30, 2015, 08:00:39 AM
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All information should be confirmed with schools for latest info but the word is:
Marple Hall - Closed.
Ludworth - Open.
Brabyns Prep - Open.
Rosehill - Closed.
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There are times when I believe we should be judging schools not by their position in league tables but by whether they open in snowy periods. Now I'll wait for the health and safety brigade to come up with the usual list of excuses ...
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There are times when I believe we should be judging schools not by their position in league tables but by whether they open in snowy periods. Now I'll wait for the health and safety brigade to come up with the usual list of excuses ...
Do you know the criteria that a school uses to determine whether it can be opened or not?
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There are times when I believe we should be judging schools not by their position in league tables but by whether they open in snowy periods. Now I'll wait for the health and safety brigade to come up with the usual list of excuses ...
In that case have a read of this offer from one of our local schools:
http://www.brabynsprepschool.co.uk/news/2015/1/30/school-open-friday-30-january.html
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What a lovely offer made by Brabyns.
Well done to them.
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What a stupid and ill thought out statement. They are offering to take about 1500 pupils from Marple Hall and another 500 from Rosehill, plus more. I think they should have included some caveats in there.
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Brabyns Prep isn't a state school - but it appears to have a "can do" attitude that some much larger state schools would do well to emulate.
Clearly one or two children (and staff) coming from the wilds of Derbyshire might have difficulty getting in, but the vast majority should manage. None of Marple's primary schools and not many of the local secondary schools have huge catchment areas. And please let's not hear about the "slippery pavements around the school".
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Brabyns Prep isn't a state school - but it appears to have a "can do" attitude that some much larger state schools would do well to emulate.
Clearly one or two children (and staff) coming from the wilds of Derbyshire might have difficulty getting in, but the vast majority should manage. None of Marple's primary schools and not many of the local secondary schools have huge catchment areas. And please let's not hear about the "slippery pavements around the school".
Whether a school opens or not has absolutely nothing to do with catchment area or children getting in.
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Brabyns Prep isn't a state school - but it appears to have a "can do" attitude that some much larger state schools would do well to emulate.
Clearly one or two children (and staff) coming from the wilds of Derbyshire might have difficulty getting in, but the vast majority should manage. None of Marple's primary schools and not many of the local secondary schools have huge catchment areas. And please let's not hear about the "slippery pavements around the school".
Bring back the olden days when snow was proper and children made school no closing schools then .
Wimps these days .used to grit the roads with sinders from back of a lorry .
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Whether a school opens or not has absolutely nothing to do with catchment area or children getting in.
AIUI it's generally related to whether enough staff have been able to get in.
Gone are the days of most of the staff also living within walking distance of the school they teach at.
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Do you know the criteria that a school uses to determine whether it can be opened or not?
Common sense usually
Many moons ago when I was a student teacher one of my teaching practices was in a village on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The snow was so bad that walking to school this (then) 5'8" woman was ploughing her way through almost waist high snow. When I got to school we had an almost full complement of children and staff despite some of them coming from outside the village and the bus unable to get through. One mother walked 3 miles through the snow, leading her 6 year old on the family pony to get the child to school on time. She then walked the 3 miles home, repeating the double journey at home time.
And then they whine about 4" of snow in a small town like Marple!
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All information should be confirmed with schools for latest info but the word is:
Marple Hall - Closed.
Ludworth - Open.
Brabyns Prep - Open.
Rosehill - Closed.
Ludworth closed Tuesday 3rd February. Broken heating system.
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Common sense usually
Many moons ago when I was a student teacher one of my teaching practices was in a village on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The snow was so bad that walking to school this (then) 5'8" woman was ploughing her way through almost waist high snow. When I got to school we had an almost full complement of children and staff despite some of them coming from outside the village and the bus unable to get through. One mother walked 3 miles through the snow, leading her 6 year old on the family pony to get the child to school on time. She then walked the 3 miles home, repeating the double journey at home time.
Tell that to the kids today and they wouldn't believe you!