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I don't think the children should have been affected by the troubles, but there were so many teachers leaving that must have been part of it. They have paid the price by the look of it. This summer's results will be the ones to look at. Good luck to you and your child, Curmudgeon.

It was a slump from 2009 46%, 2010 58.7%, 2011 61% and 2012, 36% How would you explain it? When the two years where there have been queries over the school are high figures, and now for 2012, a slump, not a dip.

Coming back to point out that Kingsdale has a 36% A-C in the newly released figures. No wonder the head wouldn't tell us when we went to the open day. I did not put Kingsdale down and I am glad I didn't.

I would never touch Forest Hill Road practice. All very well if you can wait for one of the good ones but how often is that? I was with them for over 30 years and we have watched their practice nosedive in many ways. Many of us have left in the last six months, we all knew each other through baby care etc.

How do I attach a photo to a PM please? Could you PM me the answer as I have someone who wants a pic and I can't do it!!

Well I have had more time this afternoon to read through this thread, and although I was attracted to it because of the title, it develops in to the subject I am interested in, for my daughter. I have Harris Girls, (going tomorrow) Kingsdale, (going on Saturday) and Charter School (going next week) to have a look at for her, and because I saw that Channel 4 report last week I realised that we need know a bit more than just the usual stuff you are offered on these Open days. I know families who have children at the Charter, but not the other two schools. The former pupil from Kingsdale who was interviewed had no reason to lie about her experiences with the school, so why hasn't she been interviewed? It can't be brushed under the carpet because that really does taint the experience of children and staff trying their best. This business of cheating does need to be cleared up. I don't see why it is swiped away by the authorities at the school without an answer for parents and prospective parents. Would I want my child to go to a school where there is about to be an authenticated uncovering of cheating during exams, with all the disruption that would bring to the staff room? No. Simplest thing is to bring it all out in to the open, surely. In truth it may well be where my daughter ends up, so I want to know. I saw that Kingsdale is not giving out results from this summer - why is that? Any of the exams being re-marked wouldn't add up to much in percentage terms so it makes me think they have something to hide. That is precisely why they should open up. Then at least at this school we wouldn't be wondering what is going on. Every other school gives their results, whether there are re-marking papers going on or not. This thread developed in to something about Governors, and I want to know when I go to a school that teachers and parents alike can have proper access to governors' support without this being held against them if it is a problem a parent has with a teacher, or a teacher has with a fellow member of senior staff. Why don't the Kingsdale governors come forward and make a statement about it all? Isn't that what they are there for? And that is why you should be able to see who the governors are on the school websites, so that you can know who they are and have faith they will GOVERN!!

Seems to me the Channel 4 programme was more interesting for what it wasn't allowed to say rather than what was. It is obvious there is more to come, Tessa Jowell chose her words very carefully. It turned from a report on the cheating allegations to one about how academies are run, and so the two messages were blurred in to one another. I feel sorry for all the current and affected students, they are not tainted by the allegations, it is a few people there on the staff who have questions to answer and it would be so much better to hear Mr Morrison giving a proper statement on it all instead of hiding away. The Open Days are awkward with this kind of historic allegation not being addressed.