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Daughter's hay fever has been really well managed this year with Fexofenadine and a nasal spray, she's had barely a symptom, and it's not changed over the weekend. Poor you! Hope this passes soon.

Actually, to be fair, a lot of that isn't clear from the OP's first post - that her son's father lives in a different part of town to her (or that her son's journey to school is more straightforward from hers than from his father's) or that he moved part way through this process. My comment has nothing to do with his education being state or private - my own daughter is at a local(ish) private school and one of the things that informed our choice of indies was the logistics of the journey - a single short train ride (with back up bus if needed) rather than a hellish drive or complicated walk/bus/walk with maybe a train thrown in for good measure - it became such a mare I never quite fathomed it out.

Is Kings still running a walk-in Covid vaccine clinic that I can take my 12 year old to for her 2nd dose? thanks.

Unfortunately there are still sections of society that are deemed to be above scrutiny, and not just within faith groups. We seem to be incapable of learning from history.

I think that you/his father will need to do the journey (both ways) a number of times with him, both over the summer and then when he starts school. He'll probably pick it up fine. Make sure there's an alternative route for invariable delays and cancellations. It sounds quite a journey but equally I don't think you can write it off after one attempt. But personally I wouldn't be sending my child to school requiring this kind of journey (both in terms of complexity and duration) if there are closer options.

It doesn't really make that much difference - I believe a class size has to drop to 15 for there to be a noticeable change. Most primaries have lost whatever TA support they had. And there's the cost of maintaining and half-empty building. I also don't blame the council for opening additional primaries. The pandemic and Brexit have upended everything.

Don't the vast majority of rules like this apply on bank holidays? Eg, you can park on yellow lines on a Sunday but not a bank holiday.

Presumably this will have a knock-on effect on secondary schools a few years down the line. legalalien Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed, there was an article about it in Southwark > News yesterday > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/honor-oaks-st > -francesca-cabrini-primary-school-could-close-afte > r-nuns-announce-plans-to-move-to-africa/ > > > > Alarmingly it suggests that parents were told that > as many as 17 Southwark schools could face > closure. There?s some background on the > oversupply of primary school places in this > earlier thread. > > /forum/read.php? > 5,2231610,2251037#msg-2251037. The worst problems > of oversupply / risk of closure seem to be in > other parts of the borough, but certainly worth > keeping an eye on the schools that they are > looking to downsize. > > > > > > > sweetgirl Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > FYI, It seems St Francesca Cabrini is at risk > of > > closing down??

Exactly this - we have friends who's child was on both Charter waiting lists but they didn't bother to continue as their child settled in well where they ended up - and that was ultimately why we didn't take the place up when push came to shove. goldilocks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you - I guess its also once they've settled > somewhere else that the move could be really > disruptive.

Yes, she started year 7 Sept 2021. End of Easter term 2022 she was offered a place, to start at the beginning of the summer term. I would assume that a lot of parents don?t stay on the waiting list beyond December, either because they no longer want a place or because they don?t realise they?ll drop of it unless they specify they want to stay on it.

They?re lovely! Such a joyful thing to do.

At the point of school offer day, we were around 60 on the waiting list for Charter ED (we live about 1.2km from the school). We elected to remain on the waiting list after December, and at the end of the Easter term were offered a place (which we eventually declined).

I?m in Peckham and as of today I have had one Labour leaflet (a few weeks ago, I chucked it in the recycling) - and that?s it. No leaflets, no canvassers, nothing. There?s always someone at home these days, so it?s not like we?ve missed anyone. I?ve also not seen the Southwark Labour Twitter feed show anyone in my ward out and about. Where are all the candidates?

My niece is at a state school (not local, not language specialist or anything, just a standard comp) and they do 2 in KS3.

Thanks all. That seems quite limited to me, to only offer one. We were offered a Year 7 place but partly on this basis have turned it down, as she's doing French, Spanish and Latin at the moment and has turned out to have quite a flair for languages.