Tudor Grange Admissions Policy

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1. 101
   Name: Stephanie Allan on Jan 17, 2013

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2. 102
   Name: Nicola Gaynor on Jan 17, 2013

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3. 103
   Name: David Thomas on Jan 17, 2013

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4. 104
   Name: Sarah Jane Johnson on Jan 17, 2013

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5. 105
   Name: Simon Cox on Jan 17, 2013

   Comments: The changes proposed make no sense. Why have a catchment area at all if priority is going to be given to children attending schools outside of it. The fact that these are both faith schools is also important as Tudor Grange should not have subscription criteria that favour a particular religious belief. As an Academy the school becomes its own Admissions Authority. However, they are answerable to the Dept of Education and their policy must comply with the School Admissions Code. I don't believe that these proposals comply as they are neither fair or transparent. Any parents wishing to object should take a look at the code first on the DOE website. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFE-00013-2012

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6. 106
   Name: Elaine Dyke on Jan 17, 2013

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7. 107
   Name: Natalie Steele on Jan 17, 2013

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8. 108
   Name: Simon Bright on Jan 17, 2013

   Comments: Massively unfair to those living in the catchment area, let alone anyone else!

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9. 109
   Name: Chris Miller on Jan 17, 2013

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10. 110
    Name: Alexandra Patrick on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: We live in the current catchment area and feel I feel that this is outrageous.

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11. 111
    Name: David Patrick on Jan 17, 2013

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12. 112
    Name: Neil Creaton on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: Very disappointed, but not at all surprised by the underhand way the school has tried to make these changes with the minimum of consultation. Thank goodness for Facebook, where I and seemingly the majority of parents found out about these proposals. Was it was only 18 months ago when the head stood I front of a hall full of prospective parents and said "The admissions policy of the school will not be changing."

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13. 113
    Name: Stuart Jameson on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: Incredibly devisive. It is hard to believe that it is legal to discriminate in favour of a religious group. Why would anyone hatch such a scheme!? Do Bexon-Smith and the governors attend St Alphege or St James churches? Is this blatant favours for friends? Would anyone care to start a group to ensure that this odious plan is laid bare?

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14. 114
    Name: Mark Geary on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: I cannot understand why faith schools are given priority. This is simply prejudice and needs to be explained by the Principle of TGA, couldn't care less about house prices, even though I live in B91

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15. 115
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 17, 2013

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16. 116
    Name: Amy Forster-green on Jan 17, 2013

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17. 117
    Name: Nicola Bowen on Jan 17, 2013

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18. 118
    Name: Glenn Palmer on Jan 17, 2013

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19. 119
    Name: Resh Johal on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: This change is grossly unfair and must be stopped.

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20. 120
    Name: John Shaw on Jan 17, 2013

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21. 121
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 17, 2013

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22. 122
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: I fear it is because These 2 Primary schools have good sats results, league tables say it all. Thankfully most of the south Solihull schools are some of the best in the UK.

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23. 123
    Name: Deborah Lane on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: Really disappointed that you are considering this, we want our children to attend a local school with their friends, and have chosen their infant and junior schools on this basis, expecting to get into Tudor Grange as we live within the current catchment. I strongly disagree with attending church just to get children into the church school which it well known many families do...as a Christian I actually chose to avoid this system as I fundamentally disagree with the morals of this and did not want my children attending a school with other families that are in that school for all the wrong reasons. Please, please do not continue to foster and encourage such a system where the churches dictate to people how often they should go to church and how many other voluntary activities people enter into in exchange for their children attending their school.

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24. 124
    Name: Cheryl Shepherd on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: St James yes. St Alphege no and why??? this is already a good supported school, financially stable, high academic achieving and very over subscribed it certainly does not need help or partnership from another high achieving school such as tudor grange academy and with a partnership which has been developing for such a short time (very short) surely this is can not fair to qualify as a priority over catchment. St James has had its problems and quite rightly needed sponsering (not partnershiping) and should have priority no argument from me there. Catchment areas are made of communities of differing faiths, beliefs and abilities that makes education and life a diverse and interesting academy for children, teachers and parents, limiting the spaces for these children from thecatchment to take a majority of one faith (c of e in this case - not aware tudor grange acamedy was a C of E affliated school itself) will raise obvious concerns from this community. Tudor grange academy is a very well regarded school with an excellent reputation, families move to be in the catchment for this school, the proposed priorty 2 may not be an option for them for differing reasons so we now relying on this reputation and good regard for fairness in this proposal to its catchment community.

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25. 125
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 17, 2013

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26. 126
    Name: Gaynor Campbell on Jan 18, 2013

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27. 127
    Name: Jenny Woodruff on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: This is wrong. This effectively converts the school to a faith school with no real consultation. My daughter is at the school but maybe my son won't be able to go there now. I never had any consultation or notification of the decision to create a link with the primary schools either.

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28. 128
    Name: Amanda Portal on Jan 18, 2013

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29. 129
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 18, 2013

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30. 130
    Name: Margaret Tole on Jan 18, 2013

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31. 131
    Name: Richard Morgan on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: I completely oppose this new arrangement.I have a number of concerns: on what basis have St Alphege and St James been chosen? Both schools are some distance away from Tudor Grange; what's the impact upon the schools that have to take up the slack from pupils who cant get into Tudor Grange but live close by; have St Alphege and St James been chosen on the basis of their religious persuasion?

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32. 132
    Name: Kim Morgan on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: Tudor Grange has a record of trying to ride roughshod over the community it serves. Remember the Power League, floodlit football debacle a few years ago? This strikes me as another example of Tudor Grange ignoring the simple fact that the school is here to serve the community in which it resides. It is not a vehicle for the inflated egos of the leadership team or governors. Even though TG is an academy (and it's yet to be proven how successful academies will be), that doesn't give it the right to desert hundreds of families it's supposed to be giving top class education to. I am absolutely against this proposed change.

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33. 133
    Name: Bhavi Patel on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: We moved to send our child to Tudor grange..and now we don't know where his future lies and what is the hidden motive behind having two feeder school which are so far away, don't see how this is going to benefit Tudor grange academy disregarding not putting children's education first !

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34. 134
    Name: Victoria Jefferies on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: ridiculous suggestion, when Tudor grange isn't even a faith school

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35. 135
    Name: Philip Linekar on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: I do not agree with the introduction of this policy.

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36. 136
    Name: Mark Fleetwood on Jan 18, 2013

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37. 137
    Name: Stan Lewis on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: this is discrimination against other children and families within the catchment area who clearly have expectations of sending their children to a local school. The school principals clearly believe they can do as they like with admissions policy and should be taught to listen to local democracy first.

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38. 138
    Name: Sharon Linekar on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: Parents should have the right to send their children to their catchment school.

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39. 139
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: meritocracy not theorcracy

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    Name: Amanda Ponder on Jan 18, 2013

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    Name: Chris Harrison on Jan 18, 2013

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42. 142
    Name: Penny Busby on Jan 18, 2013

    Comments: Totally unfair to children within the catchment and younger brothers and sisters of pupils already at Tudor Grange. The links with St James and St Alphege have only just been set up, it seems expressly for the purpose of selecting C of E students. Is this a roundabout way of turning Tudor Grange Academy into a Faith School. There has been no prior consultation with the parents. Unfair and divisive for our local community.

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43. 143
    Name: Paul Cresswell on Jan 19, 2013

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44. 144
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 19, 2013

    Comments: The proposed change (although it does seem to be a fait accompli) is that choice will be taken away from families living in the Solihull area.

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45. 145
    Name: Joanne Weaver on Jan 19, 2013

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46. 146
    Name: Phil Weaver on Jan 19, 2013

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47. 147
    Name: Rachel Ridley on Jan 19, 2013

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48. 148
    Name: Christophe Bernard on Jan 19, 2013

    Comments: In France the clear seperation between religion and state education makes it much more simple.

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    Name: Vivien Jameson on Jan 19, 2013

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    Name: Anonymous on Jan 19, 2013

    Comments: I attended this school myself and deliberately have stayed in the area so my children can follow suit. Highly disappointed that it is bieng considered to change the admission policy

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