[Chimaera]

Originally Posted by allieyoung666

Not at the school my kids go to, I sent them to that school because I went there and my brother and sister went there and we have all done very well for oursleves. Plus the school has a very good reputation with the LEA, they are one of the best schools in the Teeside area and have always come out tops at SATS.
They could have gone to another local school which is of a non religious kind and they are at the bottom of the SATS league. So tell me which school would you prefer your kids to go to?
I am glad they go to a catholic school as they are taught respect and manners, were as my friends kids who go to the other school, are rude and arrogant little idiots.
League tables have always been there and I think they are important, as it is your childs future you are mapping out here. If you really feel like the way you do, why on earth dont you home teach them?

I thought league tables were introduced in the 1990's - they weren't there when I was at school, but parents still knew which schools to send their children to!
Mine went to the local primary and secondary schools - both mid-table - and came out with 11 GCSE's (above Grade C) each - having been sent to a high achieving grammar school myself and hating every second, I thought it more important for them to go where their friends were, and not to spend hours travelling each day, like I had to. Their schools were not church schools, but taught them common sense and respect for others, which some schools don't seem to bother with much! And I don't really think that you can judge a school by where it is in the league tables or if it is a church school - I teach in all the 50 - odd schools in our borough, and the nicest kids (and teachers!) are in the rough schools on the council estates, that don't do that well in the league tables!
The primary school in our borough that is always top of the league tables is there because that's all it does - just teaches the kids to pass their SATS, they never go on outings, or teach cookery, or needlework, or anything 'off curriculum'. I'd never send my children there!
Going back to the original question - I think the parents were annoyed bacause they have been turned down and they live about a foot away from the school or something - and they didn't fill in the form saying they wanted the child to have a religious education. Surely they can go to appeal at a later date?