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Re: Bolingbroke Academy, thoughts?

CrazyLiz, not condoning this, 100% unacceptable, but in interest of balance I once had some young pupils try and rip off the wing mirrors on my car on Battersea Park Road. I am sure both schools will do all they can to control this nasty behaviour outside the school gates. You should certainly compl...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Bolingbroke Academy, thoughts?
Replies: 45
by The NSC
Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:16 pm

Re: Bolingbroke Spring Fair (sponsored by Rochford Stokes)

Will the PTA lead off the karaoke with Gloria Gaynor's 1975 classic and karaoke favourite 'I will survive'? If so £1 entry is cheap at half the price.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Bolingbroke Spring Fair (sponsored by Rochford Stokes)
Replies: 4
by The NSC
Thu May 04, 2017 11:13 pm

Re: Local nanny looking for a self contained studio/. 1 bedroom flat

Hello, we may be able to help with a local 1B. Pls DM if you wish to?
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Local nanny looking for a self contained studio/. 1 bedroom flat
Replies: 1
by The NSC
Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:40 pm

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

Segregation as an outcome whether on the basis of race, gender or class is all equally bad IMO. Go tell Emmeline Pankhurst. The re-introduction of separate and selective state schools in a so called progressive/liberal society is especially insidious in this day and age. Then again, as the Judge sai...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:04 pm

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

I agree with you Scottov. It's not the rich who are being left behind. That's the point. It's the less well off. For clarity, I have nothing against having a lot of money if that is ones motivation in life. It's about equality of opportunity and breaking the poverty cycle.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:38 am

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

2.5% of FSM pupils attend grammars compared to the national figure of 13.2% at secondary level. On a slight tangent 6% of private school pupils occupy 60-80% of the establishment. Neither soaring rhetoric or hysteria just facts. It's a rigged system in favour of the rich. No experts such as the EPI ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:53 am

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

The established Academy providers like Ark and Harris have a pretty much zero tolerance policy to the low level class disruption that you allude to. But on the whole we need more teachers on better pay. The govt should perhaps raid the welfare budget to fund this. And at a local level greater middle...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:08 pm

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

BP1 Not extrapolation. You said the clever kids were subject to bullying and social suicide in a typical state school. The solution is that you would prefer an education system based upon ability to pay for expensive tutoring to pass the grammar test. But leaving the clever poor kids behind who cann...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:19 pm

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

BP1 I've also been to plenty of inner city schools inc a local PRU. To assume/imply that the majority of 'lower class' parents don't also want the best outcomes for their kids is unfortunate. Cutting them off because of the 'bad apples' is wrong. Segregating these aspirational kids who cannot afford...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:18 pm

Re: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

BP1 I said equality of opportunity not equality for all. They are two different things. That aside, I don't disagree with you. No one wants a race to the bottom. So what if we introduced a 'grammar stream' to existing state schools? Following in a recent press article by a governor from Swindon Acad...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:13 pm

Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?

Having given up 3 years of my life from 2009 to help open one of the early free schools (campaign tagline: ‘a local comp for ALL’) and then lost the family home in the process (so much for Big Society), am I the only one now appalled at the retrograde step that grammars will bring? Selection of the ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Grammar Schools: educational apartheid?
Replies: 27
by The NSC
Tue Mar 07, 2017 3:23 pm

Re: Severe panic attacks - help! Any counsellor recommendati

Hi, I have some experience of this (though not as a mum!). Please do DM if you'd like to but prob best bet is to go back to your GP and ask for a referal. What I would say is that this is a passing phase and you will be 100% OK! You will come through it a better stronger person.
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Severe panic attacks - help! Any counsellor recommendations?
Replies: 10
by The NSC
Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:03 pm

Re: Severe panic attacks - help! Any counsellor recommendati

Hi, I have some experience of this (though not as a mum!). Please do DM if you'd like to but prob best bet is to go back to your GP and ask for a referal. What I would say is that this is a passing phase and you will be 100% OK! You will come through it a better stronger person.
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: Severe panic attacks - help! Any counsellor recommendations?
Replies: 1
by The NSC
Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:03 pm

CROSSRAIL 2 VENTILATION SHAFT (AGAIN)

Could be wrong but I thought the idea of a ventilation shaft on Wandsworth Common had been defeated a while back? But NOT according to todays ward councillor email (see extract below). It appears Crossrail now wants to build a 'head-house' on the common at the top of Honeywell Road. This +2-storey s...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: CROSSRAIL 2 VENTILATION SHAFT (AGAIN)
Replies: 94
by The NSC
Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:17 pm

Re: Entrepreneurial help!

Hi, I think OSC is spot on. Don't know where exactly you are in the process, but IMO the real 'value-add' is very much at the Proof of Concept stage. So I would reinforce what OSC has said as follows by asking yourself: 1. What am I offering? 2. What problem does it solve? 3. Why is it worth trying ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Entrepreneurial help!
Replies: 5
by The NSC
Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:04 pm