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Name: Ken Allcock on Feb 22, 2013Comments: if one school chooses to ignore catchment children, then the wholeFlag
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Name: Annie Dowling on Feb 22, 2013Comments: Despite previous reassurances from Tudor Grange Academy that they would not change the admissions policy, here we see plans to totally change their policy which is a great upset and distress to catchment families who may now have to look to alternative schools in the area. This will impact on other schools within the borough, travel costs, time, pollution...A disappointing proposition which does not reflect favourably on the school.Flag
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Name: Chris Dowling on Feb 22, 2013Comments: Proposals are wrong on many fronts.Flag
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Name: Judy Middleton on Feb 22, 2013Comments: Traffic is issue now, it will only get worse, no one has considered this, mor pupils from outside the neighbourhood increases cars on the road and congestionFlag
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Name: Rashid Mahmood on Feb 23, 2013Comments: This proposal is ridiculous. Why change the system if it works very well all over the country. Local schools should be for local children. Allowing this proposal to go ahead will create a ripple affect up and down the country. Lets not give other Academies an excuse to go down the same route.Flag
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Name: Claire Walsh on Feb 23, 2013Comments: This decision takes away places from children who would have been in the Tudor Grange catchment area and creates additional strain on the other schools in the area. What consideration has been made around children in the Tudor Grange catchment area who are unable to secure places in any of the neighbouring schools? This proposal also smacks of elitism selecting feeder 'academy preferred faith' schools. It would be interesting to know what the selection criteria was used.Flag
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Name: John Walsh on Feb 23, 2013Comments: The situation here in Solihull with Tudor Grange school using its Academy status to exercise autonomy from council admissions policy must now be an issue across the country. I am totally supportive of improving our education system, but the approach being taken here means chosen academy primary faith schools will have access to specialist teaching resources, curriculum and guaranteed places, whilst the other good neighbouring state run schools with limited resources will be perceived as falling behind. Whilst the local council is effectively powerless to act in this matter, I would hope Tudor Grange take this petition on board and recognise the need for more consultation and impact assess the knock on effects to neighbouring schools before they proceed with changing their admissions policy.Flag
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Name: Karen Wilson on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: John Wilson on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Alice Wilson on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Lucy Wilson on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Bruce Hart on Feb 23, 2013Comments: Violates the principle of schools serving their local communities. Increased traffic would be one unpleasant side-effect.Flag
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Name: Trevor Harris on Feb 23, 2013Comments: All schools must take local pupils first and then if any places are left offer them to a wider areaFlag
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Name: Nigel Busby on Feb 23, 2013Comments: I disagree with this policy as it will be detrimental to the local catchment children. I feel that local children should be given priority as this is their local school. Also there has been a deliberate attempt to introduce this change without openly notifying the affected people. Local schools were unaware of this change which would affect them.Flag
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Name: Terence Woodruff on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Natasha Sewell on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Charlotte Leggatt on Feb 23, 2013Comments: Schools should be kept local for those children who live locally - my nephew is within this catchment area and his sister already goes to this school. Under this new policy he may be denied a place and two children from the same family could end up going to different schools. This is unacceptable in a society desperately trying to keep families united.Flag
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Name: Callie Walters on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 23, 2013Comments: Totally disagree with Tudor Grange they have got it ALL wrong, where is the Equality and Diversity???Flag
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Name: Carl Statham on Feb 23, 2013Comments: We need to stick to the local children arrangements. Siblings need to follow their elder brothers and sisters by going to the same school. Think about costs, uniforms, parents dropping children off. Anything that places this arrangement at risk should be challenged and. Stopped.Flag
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Name: Lucy Harris on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Linda Farrant on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Steven Cush on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Adam Tierney on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Shabana on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Paul Rylah on Feb 23, 2013Comments: I would like to register my objection to any change on admissions that does not put the immediate wishes of the community at the top of the agenda. I object to any policy that selects on race, creed, religion or colour. It is very objectionable that any attempt should be made to convert a local secular school into a CofE associated institution. There are few secondary schools in the area. There is certainly not room for one in Solihull whose focus is a single faith, especially one that was built with public money , and is still funded by public money. NB. My own children fall into the Arden catchment. I object on principle alone.Flag
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Name: Angela Mummery on Feb 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: David Law on Feb 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Trevor Law on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Having been on the receiving end of a similar 'faith-school' favouritism situation in another local town a generation ago, I feel very strongly that schools do neither themselves or their potential pupils any favours by messing around with their pupil selection criteria. On that occasion it was my own children who were the potential losers from the application of unfair changes to the selection criteria applied with the local Bluecoat School. This time it is my Grandchildren whose education is being threatened. The 'discreet' method of releasing the news (perhaps "downright sneaky" might be a more appropriate description!) makes the proposed move even worse. Shame on you TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMY. Think again before making this mistake permanent.Flag
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Name: M Panchal on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Don't make the change my other children went to TG and i now want my other child to go as well .why change now when its been working all these years .DON'T DO IT !!!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Anne Brannon on Feb 24, 2013Comments: The consultation document is not clear on the reasons for priority being given to children who attend Faith schools over and above children who live in the catchment area for this school.Flag
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Name: Barbara Bennett on Feb 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Paul Harris on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Like many people we have moved to the area to get into the catchment area for the best schools. The house prices reflect this and to effectively remove the option of our children attending Tudor Grange school when it is less than half a mile away is unacceptable and elitist. All children should be able to attend their nearby school to reduce unnecessary traveling time and increase safety.Flag
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Name: Joanna Harris on Feb 24, 2013Comments: The proposals are extremely unfair in reducing the opportunity for children living in close proximity (the catchment area) to attend their nearby school. I fully oppose the proposals and sincerely hope at the strength of feeling demonstrated by the community will ensure that they are scrapped.Flag
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Name: Claire Wood on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Children should not face being excluded from their state local catchment school on the basis of their faith or beliefs.Flag
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Name: Alison Hart on Feb 24, 2013Comments: I wish to protest at the proposed change to the admission policy which I see as the thin end of the wedge. The secondary school system in Solihull works very well as a catchment area based system, and in my opinion this is the basis on which places should be allocated. Local school are for local children.Flag
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Name: Dipak Kotecha on Feb 24, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: David Kelly on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Objection sent to Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Council and Lorley Burt MPFlag
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Name: Svetlana Kelly on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Objections sent to Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Council and Lorley Burt MPFlag
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Name: Nicola Harris on Feb 24, 2013Comments: Very disappointed and concerned about the proposed changes. My son may now miss out on the opportunity my daughter currently has.Flag
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Name: Richard Harris on Feb 24, 2013Comments: My son would normally qualify for a place at the school in the sibling category but it now looks very doubtful and I feel disappointed he may miss out.Flag
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Name: Michael Mowat on Feb 24, 2013Comments: I am disappointed Tudor Grange have announced these changes with minimal consultation or demonstration of the impact. Also after the 2013 selection process had started. Finally that this goes against the assurances when the school converted to academy status.Flag
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Name: Nilza Lima on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: S Harris on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Joe Ivory on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Andrew Rogers on Feb 25, 2013Comments: As a former pupil of Tudor Grange who lived within the catchment area, I was surprised and less than impressed with the plans to change the catchment system. Prioritising the pupils of faith schools raises a number of issues. Firstly, if the two schools being favoured are producing such a markedly better education to their pupils that they are becoming targeted by admissions from secondary schools, then perhaps we should be focusing on raising the standards of other schools in the borough instead. There is also evidence that a pupil's performance at primary school level will have baring on their performance in later education. With the right support and schooling, all children have the potential to perform to a high standard. Secondly, in terms of practicality, if a pupil is capable of walking to a school that is close by, that school is where they should be first offered a place. There are number of reasons for this, safety of the pupils making their way too and from school, reduced strain on local traffic and in turn carbon emissions, reduced cost to parents through bus fares and petrol costs etc. Thirdly, both schools being targeted for future admissions are Catholic faith schools. Rightly or wrongly, there is a discriminating undercurrent to Tudor Grange's plans, why are no Islamic faith schools for example being targeted? Families of a non-Catholic background have every right to raise this issue, diversity of pupil backgrounds is one of the greatest benefits of attending schools in the UK, it promotes tolerance, integration and understanding. I also suspect that these plans are seriously towing the line with regards EU legislation on discrimination, this is de facto UK law as well! Changing one school's admissions policy in an already over-subscribed area for schooling has a knock on effect. Other school's in the borough will be put under greater pressure to accommodate students from the catchment zone and something will have to give. As far as I'm concerned the argument is quite clear cut. There is no need to change the admissions policy for Tudor Grange Academy, any move to do so is unfairly discriminatory and an unnecessary burden for local families and the educational infrastructure. There's my two cent's worth, I hope Tudor Grange listen to the community and do the right thing.Flag
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Name: Julie Moon on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: R Harris on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 25, 2013Comments:Flag