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Would you send your child to this school?
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But I am fairly pro the traditional style of teaching as I think it still works for many pupils and gives those who are not in the private sector an opportunity to achieve. I am also very pro differentiation for those who need it. |
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No because I wouldn't live in Brent.
But I am fairly pro the traditional style of teaching as I think it still works for many pupils and gives those who are not in the private sector an opportunity to achieve. I am also very pro differentiation for those who need it. |
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Doesn't look very diverse to me. Or maybe it is.....
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Kids expected to line up quietly, be prepared for class and follow rules? That doesn't sound unnecessarily strict, that just sounds like school.
Yes, I'd send my kids to that school. I'd have concerns about the others around it if it was considered the norm to 'go mad' at being asked to pick something up. |
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The "traditional style" doesn't really differentiate.
The trick is to make sure that the pupils who can benefit from a challenging education receive it (without having to come from families that can pay for it), while recognising that we live in world of difference and being inclusive. Not easy but not impossible. It depends on the attitude and leadership of the school. The things I would look at for when making a judgement about any school are (in no order) 1) exam results (it's a school after all) 2) value added and 3) qualitative feedback on the outcomes for children with SEN. |
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Looks OK to me. I think the majority of today's schools struggle with discipline. If they can teach and deter bullying and bad behaviour then there is no problem.
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Yes I would.
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Without a doubt.
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I'd like to see their results before I send my non existent children there.
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I don't have kids but I would have hated a school like that. My school (all-girls Catholic school in the west of Ireland) wasn't too bad. It was strict enough without being too strict but there weren't too many issues with discipline. There were a couple of disruptive cases but every school has those.
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I'd prefer to find a nice happy medium. I don't want my kids turned into yes sir no sir how high would you like me to jump sir mini robots. I want them to choose to want to behave but nor do I want them in a free for all school where bullying and bad behaviour is rife.
I think the head of this school is over egging how bad other schools are. Pretty certain that most kids would pick up a grape when asked by a teacher nicely! I'm not the biggest fan of teenagers, I've parented two, they can be completes arseholes at times but they really aren't as feral as some would have us believe. I'd wager that those too beligerant to pick up a bloody grape are in the minority. |
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I always used to enjoy throwing grapes around. What a killjoy!
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What was a grape doing on the floor surly they are not allowed to eat in class.
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What was a grape doing on the floor surly they are not allowed to eat in class.
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I'd prefer to find a nice happy medium. I don't want my kids turned into yes sir no sir how high would you like me to jump sir mini robots. I want them to choose to want to behave but nor do I want them in a free for all school where bullying and bad behaviour is rife.
I think the head of this school is over egging how bad other schools are. Pretty certain that most kids would pick up a grape when asked by a teacher nicely! I'm not the biggest fan of teenagers, I've parented two, they can be completes arseholes at times but they really aren't as feral as some would have us believe. I'd wager that those too beligerant to pick up a bloody grape are in the minority. |
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no i wouldn`t, it has a dodgy reputation if i remember right and i prefer child centred learning.
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Yeah id definitley would want to see the results first, as a parent. It seems really good on teaching disipline and I do agree that sometimes you cannot beat traditional teaching methods, its what happens in a lecture at university and I do use it a lot in A-level teaching.
In terms of working there, not sure I'd ever teach in a place like that as one of the best things about my job is being able to have a laugh and a joke with the kids and i just don't know if that would happen here. |
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No I wouldn't the headmistress is barmy
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100% yes .
Quite apart from the treatment of the children I like that it also forces the parents to accept their responsibility regarding their children . For example making sure lunch money is paid in----homework completed -----child properly dressed and in school on time . Those basics have gone by the wayside in recent years and that's the start of the rot . If parents neglect to instill an adherence to the school rules then why the hell should the children respect the rules either ? |
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Yeah id definitley would want to see the results first, as a parent. It seems really good on teaching disipline and I do agree that sometimes you cannot beat traditional teaching methods,its what happens in a lecture at university and I do use it a lot in A-level teaching.
In terms of working there, not sure I'd ever teach in a place like that as one of the best things about my job is being able to have a laugh and a joke with the kids and i just don't know if that would happen here. |
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i don`t think she is actually fit to run a school, i definitely would not send my kids anywhere that favours punishing children for the perceived sins of the parents.
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If more schools were like this we wouldn't have so many kids leaving school illiterate and unemployable.
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i don`t think she is actually fit to run a school, i definitely would not send my kids anywhere that favours punishing children for the perceived sins of the parents.
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100% yes .
Quite apart from the treatment of the children I like that it also forces the parents to accept their responsibility regarding their children . For example making sure lunch money is paid in----homework completed -----child properly dressed and in school on time . Those basics have gone by the wayside in recent years and that's the start of the rot . If parents neglect to instill an adherence to the school rules then why the hell should the children respect the rules either ? |
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