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On that final note, I have requested for this thread to be locked. The discussion has run its course and is not getting us further forward nearer a resolution.

False rumors, false accusations..... Either way, inflammatory and misleading. rightlight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It seems a bit more like false accusations.

Hi Rightlight, there is no campaign or movement fighting for a move of the admissions nodal to the Actress Pub on crystal palace Road! Letters and an email sent to DKH and The Villa parents stated that there is...and there isn't. rightlight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm still not clear about these "false" rumours.

For clarification on the work that SPACE Southwark do, have a look at their Facebook page.

SPACE worked to secure the hospital site and spoke with Charter regarding a second nodal point (which wouldn't detract from DKH) but would reduce the overlap with the current Charter, thus freeing up more school spaces in the whole area to the North, East and South of the current Charter; this was before the now consultation. They are happy to speak with anyone about what they suggested to Charter yet I know of no campaign, posters, letters to the community or local schools, postings or false rumors.

I'm sad as a rift has been created; there are no other 'organised groups' as you state. As put in my original post, the 'movement to move the nodal to the Actress pub'....does not exist. A letter sent to DKH families saying that there is, a movement and organised group appears to have caused panic in the north of the community. Since my OP, more and more information - such as the letter and the poster campaign have come to light. If there were other non inclusive campaigns then I would be equally disappointed. By reacting to these false rumors in force a division has been created. How can a consultation be fair if people are being fed false inflammatory information?

This, teamed with letters (containing false information) sent to DKH parents, Lyndhurst and The Villa from a Councillor make me feel sick. As stated in OP, no school should lead others as to how to complete their consultation forms. As previously mentioned, a rift has been created. The poster campaign on the DKH Estate starts: 'URGENT: We need your help to ensure the new Charter School is for THIS local community' - the word 'this' being in bold and underlined, it then goes on to tell people how to respond to the consultation. So not 'Inclusive of the community' which the Charter school claims to to be. I've had enough really. EDrant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > redjam Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > it dismays me to hear that some schools are > trying to manipulate the outcome of > > the consultation by directing their parents as > to what to write (if that is indeed true). > > It is indeed true, below is an example (taken from > an official school website): > > "... the main issue now for Dog Kennel Hill > parents is to ensure that the Nodal Point (the > ?finish mark? when measuring distance from a > child?s address to the school), remains as > proposed in their application, in the far Northern > corner of the school site, not the middle, not the > south. This is the furthest point within the new > school?s boundaries from the existing Charter > School, so will ensure the least overlap with that > school?s intake and a more diverse, more > inclusive, fairer intake than other nodal points > being proposed. It is also the best position for > the nodal point to include as much of the current > Dog Kennel Hill intake as possible. ..." > > This was published in early June on > http://dkh.org.uk/charter-school-east-dulwich-cons > ultation. > > For posterity, I have also attached a screenshot > of the aforementioned page (un-edited version for > memorially).

OPoster is indeed disappointed with they way people are behaving and would prefer it if the community worked together and not against each other.

What leaves a bad taste in my mouth is the underhand non-community inclusive tactics being used by some schools and a councillor (not even in this ward); much of which is inflammatory and seemingly based on fabricated information. I'm sick of it all, school networks should be working together, should remain informative and not 'in it for themselves' thus creating a rift in the aforementioned community. As stated in my OP, this is a call for some calm in the community to which this new school is set to serve. Irrespective of who started the campaign or what Charter did or didn't say when gaining support in their bid, this is a consultation, to find the wider thoughts, views and opinions of the community as a whole. Nothing is set in stone at this stage, the policies are all 'proposed' and people and Charter need to be open to change, otherwise what's the point in a consultation in the first place?

Sorry James, yes I haven't made that clear. The steering group was launched by yourself on the forum and SPACE set up as a result of that steering group in order to secure the hospital site. Let's not get away from my main message folks; Charter's proposed 'nodal' is just that; it is a starter for discussion and consultation; it's not a done deal. At a Charter meeting at Darrel Rd. a few months ago pre-consultation the governors said themselves that the hospital site isn't ideal however it is all we have to work with. The admissions policy needs to be as inclusive as possible for the community and the primary schools that serve it.

Having lived in SE22 for the last decade, (before and after having children), I'm delighted with the proposed new 'Charter East Dulwich' co-ed secondary on the hospital site. It will provide a great need for co-ed secondary places and bring new employment to the area. Charter are currently consulting with the community regarding the admissions policy and the vision and ethos of the school. What I am not delighted about is that the community don't appear to be working together. There are schools trying to sway opinions and rumours of 'a movement seeking to persuade the new Charter School to change its nodal (centre) point from the north east of the school site to a new location, off-site, near to the Actress up on Crystal Palace Road'. There is no 'movement', however there are members of the community who are questioning the proposed admissions policy as at present it will have a large overlap with the provision of the current Charter. They are entitled to question this policy, after all that is what a consultation is all about. There is also SPACE Southwark, which is the steering group (set up via this forum) made up of East Dulwich school representatives to campaign for a co-ed Secondary school and the Dulwich Hospital site. Charter won the bid to provide this school. The SPACE campaign group does not want to exclude families from any particular school or section of the community, and would like to help find a nodal point / points which stretches the catchment as fairly as possible and reduces the overlap of provision. When SPACE Southwark were set up, the nodal point's location was never decided because the chosen provider would need to consult and listen to the community, as Charter are now doing. SPACE (who remember initiated the secondary school campaign) has always been about representing the community, and it was felt that a nodal point to the East, along with a second nodal point on the school might have been the fairest way of doing it, but the decision around admissions would always have been made by the provider after consultation. Please note, that I am not a member of SPACE, although I do know members of that group and I know they are concerned at the divisive way the community is reacting to this consultation. I am a resident of ED, and if the current proposed admission policy is used then there is more than a high chance that my children will get in to the new school. I am simply calling for community unity and that we all work together to find the fairest solution. Local schools should be informing families about the consultation, however telling them how they should fill out consultation forms and trying to sway opinions with rumours is not constructive to finding a fair community solution. This after all is a consultation and the results of which should be for the greater good of the whole community. To have your say, you can attend the final consultation meeting this evening (Thursday 18th July) at Heber School. You can also fill in a consultation form here http://www.charter.southwark.sch.uk/news/?pid=3&nid=6&storyid=168

That's great news. Will this information be sent to the mailing list? I subscribed and attended the recent meeting to express interest and volunteer assistance however I haven't received any communication. Many thanks

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