Primary Schools in Kent Pt2

Seeing as my daughter had already been allocated what everyone knew was the worst performing and least desirable Primary School in Dartford, and considering that the headteacher had taken offense when we said as much to her on the phone, my wife thought she would inspect the venue, after all, our daughter may end up going there, and maybe it wasnt THAT bad.

What she saw there shocked her terribly. Lacklustre children with no passion for living let alone learning, small stuffy rooms that reeked on decay, NO computer room, no computer assisted learning systems, a special Time-Out room they seemed proud of for handling difficult kids (that should read difficult CLASSES), children who didnt respond to any form of pleasantry from either the teachers or head teachers.

Sickening. This wasnt a school, rather it was a government funded, government run death camp for children.

pete_darby (194.60.106.5)

24th Apr, 2007 11:26 (local)

And they were happy to show her round? Christ on a bike, they really are clueless.

Suddenly very glad of the tiny village primary school I went to... not great for academics, but pretty OK for Joi de vivre.

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w00hoo (86.136.243.26)

24th Apr, 2007 16:38 (local)

I guess with local government elections coming up you could have a go at getting candidates to tell you what they intend to do about local education, possibly if you try really hard you could even get them to meet you at the school! IIRC you've a couple of years to go before she gets there so I guess you could try and argue the whole 'choice' thing that the government constantly talks about and see if that gets you anywhere.

Final options, if both of you don't work one of you could volunteer at the school, or there's always the good ole middle class method of moving house. Both a bit extreme I know, but options none the less.

The other thing worth considering (which we didn't do when we went through he process of getting our son in to a good Primary school is if they have links to a secondary school that will limit your choice at that level, you really need plan that far ahead.

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