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Alice, what do you mean by "the Charter has previous on bad head decisions"? Data would suggest otherwise

There She Goes - The La's

I also work in a faith school. We've just had LGBT* week with guest speakers from churches, government department and goodness knows how many other areas of society. And we've done stuff around female genital mutilation, Islamism, islamaphobia, feminism,importance of voting in a democracy. So yeah, brainwashing but from what I can see most schools, most of the time promote the values of a free and tolerant society. (When we are not doing that we are also pretty good at teaching the National Curriculum) *Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered

Squatters, anarchists, alternative life stylists are often the harbingers of gentrification, but they are usually loath to acknowledge it.

Sorry emro, but you have no evidence to support that assertions. You have compared Charter's Gifted & Talented cohort (about 10% of a year group) with all students in private schools. Frankly there are some very ordinary students at Dulwich college and some superbright kids at Charter, so comparing a selection with a whole group is not accurate. Personally, as a Charter parent I wish you were correct, but facts do have a habit of getting in the way of a good story.

Cross town traffic Jimi Hendrix

The A level data is not reliable - there are a number of schools with an A*-B rate higher than 38% that don't show on Telegraph list. Regarding gcse data from 2012, big clue on titles -most of these schools are grammars and hence highly selective. To get a better picture, if you go to DFEE website and search for Charter results compared to similar schools nationally, they come 4th. Can't speak for other local schools, but I would think they were also pretty good

Cockney translation: smiley culture (are we allowing this one?)

Am I the only person who looked at the date of ths story and thought, hmmm, "Fat Duck"/Foie Gras?

Minder, you seem very confident in the abilities and foresight of OFSTED.

Emro, this is perhaps not relevant to main thrust of this discussion, but your data is skewiff - you are comparing a select group from Charter, (their GTP group) with all of the kids from Dulwich college, these two groups are not the same. To reach any conclusions, you would have to compare like with like groups. The "average" kid at the College would not probably not get into Charter's GTP group, so comparison does not work. Charter's "value added" is good, but there is no data from private sector for purpose of comparisons

Judy in Disguise: John Fred & the Playboys

Emro, Could I ask where I might be able to find that data? Many thanks

Strawberry letter 23: Brothers Johnson

JAGS is open during the day in school holidays (and usually empty) pool is nice

All students are obliged to do PE, which is no bad thing as there is a massive link between fitness and academic success. There is no obligation to do it as a GCSE. How well the PE is taught is another matter.

Culture, "Natty Never Get Weary"

I am sure if you email or call the head of KS3 at the school, they will be able to answer your enquiry.

Any student who achieves less than a "C" grade in GCSE Maths or English is legally obliged to study the subject in sixth form/ college, though government has not specified what qualification they should sit

The St Olaves & St Saviours field is used five days per week, by students from St Saviour's & St Olaves School

Actually, I think people should be free to spend their money as they choose, and maybe if I had more money I might spend some of it on private education rather than a Dulwich sized mortgage. Some people use their money to buy education for children, others play the postcode lottery, others still get religion. I am not sure that any one is better or worse than another But that doesn't mean I close my eyes to the reality of the world. Without turning all Dave Spart,the purpose of the British education system is to maintain the British class system, Eton is a charity in law, but it's not exactly Medecin Sans Frontieres in practice. Turning out 19 prime ministers (will Boris be 20th?), I think makes the point. As for Edward Alleyn and the poor of London. Come on! you've got to admit that's long past. The beneficiaries are overwhelmingly from the middle class. As I said before, I don't mind, but the righteousness of posters cuts both ways.

i am not against private schools per se, but laughed out loud at the comment that the alma mater of David Cameron & Boris Johnson takes its status as a charitable institution seriously.

St saviours & st olaves at the top of the old Kent rd (42 bus journey from dulwich or train to london bridge) where 83% of students got 5 A* -Cs at gcse has it's open evening next Tuesday.

Went for the first time, looking forward to a few nice pints, but no chance with that crowd. Had to decamp to Sainsburys at half time. Nonetheless, nice afternoon out, better quality football than I was anticipating, so I will be going back.

Woman of the ghetto - Marlena Shaw