kristymac1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > There has NEVER been a campaign to move the nodal > point to near the Actress, this was an entirely > fabricated price of BS, started by an (at best) > ill-judged email by a Brunswick Park Councillor to > a local primary school. A shameful piece of > self-serving propaganda which has contributed > massively to the horribly divisive situation we > now have. In the interest of fairness I wanted to share the following newsletter that was recently sent to all members of the Hummy Mummy group. It is an organised appeal to get other parents to challenge the admission policy of the proposed new Charter School - it explicitly requests that they promote splitting the nodal point and moving one nodal point off the school site. The email details exactly what to say to support this view. A number of people on this thread seem fixed in their belief that there has not been any lobbying to move the nodal point. Immediately below I quote from the relevant section of the newsletter - but I have also pasted the entire contents of the newsletter so interested parties can see the context and that is genuine. "An urgent request from Lynlea, one of our East Dulwich mums: Dear all, This email is particularly for parents living in East Dulwich. You may feel a way off secondary schools but trust me it will come around quickly so this may well affect you. A new Charter School East Dulwich (secondary school) is planned to open for September 2016 and will be using the East Dulwich Hospital site - some of the site being kept for NHS purposes. This of course is great news however the current Charters admission policy proposes the nodal point (the point from which distances are measured from for admissions) at Jarvis Road, which is on Melbourne Grove to the far North end of the site ? ie the furthest point away from East Dulwich it could be. This is worrying and surprising because the school came about as the result of a campaign for a new East Dulwich School by East Dulwich parents due to the need brought about by increasing number of children in the area. Nobody will want to have to send their children to schools miles away. If distance is measured from the proposed point ? Jarvis Road ? that makes it much less likely that children particularly from the top end of East Dulwich will stand a chance of getting a place. THE CONSULTATION CLOSES 5pm THIS FRIDAY, 26 June. The online consultation can be found here. Please take a minute to fill in the survey. It won't take long. Please make sure you express your support for the new school ? which still has lots of hurdles to overcome before it can open ? in all of the questions except question 3 on admissions: 3. Do you support the proposed Admissions Policy for The Charter School East Dulwich as outlined in the policy document available on The Charter School website? If you are concerned about the issues above please answer ?No?. In the comments box you might find some of the points below useful: ? I am concerned about how the new school will measure distance from the site. ? The area of greatest need for places from 2016 onwards is to the south east of Lordship Lane. The proposed policy does not take enough account of this need. ? There should be a second, off-site point from which to measure distance to make sure that it caters for the whole area of East Dulwich, including to the South East of Lordship Lane. The on-site nodal point would cater for the need that exists to the north and west, but an East Dulwich nodal point would also be fairer to the need of East Dulwich - and reflect the fact that the school is the result of a hard-fought campaign by East Dulwich parents. There is a precedence for off-site nodal points when the site location does not reflect the area of need. Thanks so much for any support you may give, Lynlea (ED Hummy Mummies) As I said I am posting this in order to prove there are parents in East Dulwich seeking to organise other parents ( ?a Movement of people?) to shift the nodal point and to oppose the current admissions policy. There are a number of factual inaccuracies in the suggested statements which I will refrain from raising here as they been well covered elsewhere. THIS IS THE ENTIRE NEWSLETTER ?? Hummy Mummies - the choir for mums with tiny tots...Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Morning all Well, I'm back from my travels in Greece - a marvellous time was had by all on the singing holiday and I even have something of a tan! Just so you know, this is now week three of the half-term (for my groups). Gigs This weekend we have two gigs! If at all possible, please try to make one of them - it really helps me out. On Saturday we are going to be singing at the Stillness School fair at 2pm. The address is: Stillness Infant School Brockley Rise London SE23 1NH Then on Sunday we will be singing at Chelwood School fair, also at 2pm. It's also in Brockley, but it's on the Nunhead side. The address is: Chelwood Infant School Chelwood Walk St Norberts Road Brockley London SE4 2QQ We will be singing for about 20-30 minutes, and we'll choose from: Stay With Me I Think We're Alone Now Walking on Sunshine Happy What's Up Everywhere Sweet Dreams Abba Perfect Day An urgent request from Lynlea, one of our East Dulwich mums: Dear all, This email is particularly for parents living in East Dulwich. You may feel a way off secondary schools but trust me it will come around quickly so this may well affect you. A new Charter School East Dulwich (secondary school) is planned to open for September 2016 and will be using the East Dulwich Hospital site - some of the site being kept for NHS purposes. This of course is great news however the current Charters admission policy proposes the nodal point (the point from which distances are measured from for admissions) at Jarvis Road, which is on Melbourne Grove to the far North end of the site ? ie the furthest point away from East Dulwich it could be. This is worrying and surprising because the school came about as the result of a campaign for a new East Dulwich School by East Dulwich parents due to the need brought about by increasing number of children in the area. Nobody will want to have to send their children to schools miles away. If distance is measured from the proposed point ? Jarvis Road ? that makes it much less likely that children particularly from the top end of East Dulwich will stand a chance of getting a place. THE CONSULTATION CLOSES 5pm THIS FRIDAY, 26 June. The online consultation can be found here. Please take a minute to fill in the survey. It won't take long. Please make sure you express your support for the new school ? which still has lots of hurdles to overcome before it can open ? in all of the questions except question 3 on admissions: 3. Do you support the proposed Admissions Policy for The Charter School East Dulwich as outlined in the policy document available on The Charter School website? If you are concerned about the issues above please answer ?No?. In the comments box you might find some of the points below useful: ? I am concerned about how the new school will measure distance from the site. ? The area of greatest need for places from 2016 onwards is to the south east of Lordship Lane. The proposed policy does not take enough account of this need. ? There should be a second, off-site point from which to measure distance to make sure that it caters for the whole area of East Dulwich, including to the South East of Lordship Lane. The on-site nodal point would cater for the need that exists to the north and west, but an East Dulwich nodal point would also be fairer to the need of East Dulwich - and reflect the fact that the school is the result of a hard-fought campaign by East Dulwich parents. There is a precedence for off-site nodal points when the site location does not reflect the area of need. Thanks so much for any support you may give, Lynlea (ED Hummy Mummies) Thanks all - see lots of you later this week and at the weekend! Richard x follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright ? 2015 Hummy Mummies, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because either you opted in at our website or you expressed an interest in Hummy Mummies. Our mailing address is: Hummy Mummies 132 Foxberry Road Brockley London, Eng SE4 2SH United Kingdom Add us to your address book
