The local authority has confirmed that additional reception places will be secured within the town to accommodate our children. This reversal ensures that students will no longer be forced to commute to neighboring towns for their education. We will monitor the implementation of these new places to ensure they are …
May 14, 2010
Final supporters
Keep our children educated in our town!
Berkhamsted is one of the worst 3 towns in Hertfordshire for maintained nursery places with more than 10% of children applying this year not being offered a place in their town.
23 three year olds in Berkhamsted and Northchurch have been allocated nursery school places in Hemel Hempstead and Tring. If there are not enough nursery places now, then a year from now, the problem will be much worse when even more children will be fighting for reception places in our town!
Attending a local school is vital for a young child to form friendships and a sense of belonging to their community. It is a child's right to to attend a school in their home town. In 2011 even more children will be sent to other towns for their reception places unless provision is made now.
You are encouraged to sign this petition if you have a concern about the shortage of school places for local children.
http://www.berkhamstedparents.co.uk
Petition:
We will present this petition to John Harris - Director of Children, Schools and Families, to show the extent of the concern felt by Berkhamsted residents.
We the undersigned call on the Hertfordshire Director of Children, Schools and Families to ensure that all local children from the age of nursery admission, should be educated at schools in Berkhamsted. No children should have to travel away from their home town to have access to either their free nursery place entitlement, or their statutory school place. The shortage of school places indicates a clear need for expansion of local schools. An extra class is needed to accommodate both the oversubscribed nursery intake as well as the potential over-subscription of the 2011 Reception intake.
Please note that a donation option may appear after submitting your signature. This is a donation for ipetition, and is not required by us! Once you have submitted your name you have signed the peition. We are not asking for donations - the ipetition site will ask for a voluntary doantion - approx 1 in 20 times. Just exit that screen as it is not required!
Thanks for your support.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 6, 2010
May 4, 2010
The current level of public interest provides necessary leverage for our upcoming meeting with the Director of Children, Schools and Families. Formal documentation detailing the specific impact of the nursery place shortage is currently being finalized for delivery to the council. This momentum ensures our concerns remain on the official agenda.
Reached 100 supporters
April 16, 2010
6 Comments
Ridiculous to expect a 3 year old to commute to Tring. Sort it out.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!! Kids in Berkhamsted should go to school in Berkhamsted. Simple as that.
How is a child supposed to make friends in their own neighbourhood if they go to nursery 5 miles away? Need more places here now.
My son missed out and now we have to drive all the way to Hemel every morning. Totally unfair on working parents.
Needs to be addressed immediately before the reception year intake becomes a total disaster.
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The local authority has confirmed that additional reception places will be secured within the town to accommodate our children. This reversal ensures that students will no longer be forced to commute to neighboring towns for their education. We will monitor the implementation of these new places to ensure they are …
May 14, 2010
Final supporters
Keep our children educated in our town!
Berkhamsted is one of the worst 3 towns in Hertfordshire for maintained nursery places with more than 10% of children applying this year not being offered a place in their town.
23 three year olds in Berkhamsted and Northchurch have been allocated nursery school places in Hemel Hempstead and Tring. If there are not enough nursery places now, then a year from now, the problem will be much worse when even more children will be fighting for reception places in our town!
Attending a local school is vital for a young child to form friendships and a sense of belonging to their community. It is a child's right to to attend a school in their home town. In 2011 even more children will be sent to other towns for their reception places unless provision is made now.
You are encouraged to sign this petition if you have a concern about the shortage of school places for local children.
http://www.berkhamstedparents.co.uk
Petition:
We will present this petition to John Harris - Director of Children, Schools and Families, to show the extent of the concern felt by Berkhamsted residents.
We the undersigned call on the Hertfordshire Director of Children, Schools and Families to ensure that all local children from the age of nursery admission, should be educated at schools in Berkhamsted. No children should have to travel away from their home town to have access to either their free nursery place entitlement, or their statutory school place. The shortage of school places indicates a clear need for expansion of local schools. An extra class is needed to accommodate both the oversubscribed nursery intake as well as the potential over-subscription of the 2011 Reception intake.
Please note that a donation option may appear after submitting your signature. This is a donation for ipetition, and is not required by us! Once you have submitted your name you have signed the peition. We are not asking for donations - the ipetition site will ask for a voluntary doantion - approx 1 in 20 times. Just exit that screen as it is not required!
Thanks for your support.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 6, 2010
May 4, 2010
The current level of public interest provides necessary leverage for our upcoming meeting with the Director of Children, Schools and Families. Formal documentation detailing the specific impact of the nursery place shortage is currently being finalized for delivery to the council. This momentum ensures our concerns remain on the official agenda.
Reached 100 supporters
April 16, 2010
6 Comments
We moved here because of the schools but now we cant even get a spot? My littlest one is nearly ready for school and I am dreading the application process.
Ridiculous to expect a 3 year old to commute to Tring. Sort it out.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!! Kids in Berkhamsted should go to school in Berkhamsted. Simple as that.
How is a child supposed to make friends in their own neighbourhood if they go to nursery 5 miles away? Need more places here now.
My son missed out and now we have to drive all the way to Hemel every morning. Totally unfair on working parents.
Needs to be addressed immediately before the reception year intake becomes a total disaster.
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We moved here because of the schools but now we cant even get a spot? My littlest one is nearly ready for school and I am dreading the application process.