Getting my daughter into school mid year.

[King Herald]

Thanks for the constructive help, all those who gave it. We decided to try another school before we hit the heavy guns, and I think it will work out well this way.





And to those who simply said "Well, it is your own fault way way way.." Well, thanks for fk all! It wasn't advice, it was childish bks!

[anonymous-user]

King Herald said:

And to those who simply said "Well, it is your own fault way way way.." Well, thanks for fk all! It wasn't advice, it was childish bks!

[johnwilliams77]

sleepera6 said:

He has a point. Lots of quite rude / ahole type posts.

[williredale]

King Herald said:

Pleased to say my daughter started in another school today. They were happy to take her in and drop her back a year. She is now the oldest, by two weeks. Bit of a trek to get there by foot, 40 minutes walk, but a bus goes that way.

Glad it worked out for you and her!

[Blown2CV]

johnwilliams77 said:

sleepera6 said:

He has a point. Lots of quite rude / ahole type posts.

he did acknowledge the mistake though, so it's all fine. Apart from the poor kid having to go back a year in school and walk 1hr 20min each day.

[turbobloke]

Blown2CV said:

kid having to go back a year in school

Nothing to it.

It ought to happen more often to UK pupils who make little or no progress in an academic year, rather than continually shoving them through the sausage machine.

Stage not age, as they say.

Blown2CV said:

walk 1hr 20min each day

Healthy; and it's always possible to take the bus in bad weather.

[Blown2CV]

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

kid having to go back a year in school

Nothing to it.

It ought to happen more often to UK pupils who make little or no progress in an academic year, rather than continually shoving them through the sausage machine.

Stage not age, as they say.

so you totally missed the bit where he said she was doing really well and heading for good grades abroad then? She was kept back because of the decision to come back to UK; nothing else.

[turbobloke]

Blown2CV said:

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

kid having to go back a year in school

Nothing to it.

It ought to happen more often to UK pupils who make little or no progress in an academic year, rather than continually shoving them through the sausage machine.

Stage not age, as they say.

so you totally missed the bit where he said she was doing really well and heading for good grades abroad then? She was kept back because of the decision to come back to UK; nothing else.

No, I didn't. However, you seem to have missed that she was studying a different curriculum.

The points I actually made in my post are eminently reasonable.

[Blown2CV]

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

kid having to go back a year in school

Nothing to it.

It ought to happen more often to UK pupils who make little or no progress in an academic year, rather than continually shoving them through the sausage machine.

Stage not age, as they say.

so you totally missed the bit where he said she was doing really well and heading for good grades abroad then? She was kept back because of the decision to come back to UK; nothing else.

No, I didn't. However, you seem to have missed that she was studying a different curriculum.

The points I actually made in my post are eminently reasonable.

the curriculum is relevant to the exam to be sat. Once she had the qualification, regardless of where this was achieved, it would be enough to move on to the next stage of education in UK. She didn't need to go back a year, she needed to complete the exams she was being prepped for abroad.

[turbobloke]

Blown2CV said:

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

turbobloke said:

Blown2CV said:

kid having to go back a year in school

Nothing to it.

It ought to happen more often to UK pupils who make little or no progress in an academic year, rather than continually shoving them through the sausage machine.

Stage not age, as they say.

so you totally missed the bit where he said she was doing really well and heading for good grades abroad then? She was kept back because of the decision to come back to UK; nothing else.

No, I didn't. However, you seem to have missed that she was studying a different curriculum.

The points I actually made in my post are eminently reasonable.

the curriculum is relevant to the exam to be sat. Once she had the qualification, regardless of where this was achieved, it would be enough to move on to the next stage of education in UK. She didn't need to go back a year, she needed to complete the exams she was being prepped for abroad.

Obviously not the case.

There are fewer equivalent and age-related points in the international mishmash of curricula than you appear to be suggesting.

[FlyingMeeces]

Blown2CV said:

he did acknowledge the mistake though, so it's all fine. Apart from the poor kid having to go back a year in school and walk 1hr 20min each day.

There's a bus, she won't be walking unless she wants to. Presumably if it's a direct-ish bus route it'll be around a 20 minute trip each way.

My school commute was 50 minutes each way, by direct bus plus short walk. Not a particularly long way, just London rush-hour traffic. It's not unusual, obviously it's not ideal, I'm sure everyone would love to have a ten minute walk to school for their kids but a hell of a lot don't, and nobody suffers some dreadful damage from such a thing. I'd chat to the handful of other kids who had the same commute, listen to music, indulge in a really good daydream, bring breakfast with sometimes. Thousands of kids do it - and, I'm sure, much worse in rural areas too.

I think it might be worth noting that none of us have the foggiest what's in the Philippines high school curriculum and whether a smooth transition is possible from that straight into A levels. It might have suited the schools this end not to gain a pupil one term into the year, but it could well be that leaving it longer would have made for an even worse changeover. We simply don't know.

In any case she's got her Year 10 place sorted, at a school a manageable distance away, well done Herald family and best of luck to the young Miss H.

[King Herald]

FlyingMeeces said:

There's a bus, she won't be walking unless she wants to. Presumably if it's a direct-ish bus route it'll be around a 20 minute trip each way.

My school commute was 50 minutes each way, by direct bus plus short walk. Not a particularly long way, just London rush-hour traffic. It's not unusual, obviously it's not ideal, I'm sure everyone would love to have a ten minute walk to school for their kids but a hell of a lot don't, and nobody suffers some dreadful damage from such a thing. I'd chat to the handful of other kids who had the same commute, listen to music, indulge in a really good daydream, bring breakfast with sometimes. Thousands of kids do it - and, I'm sure, much worse in rural areas too.

I think it might be worth noting that none of us have the foggiest what's in the Philippines high school curriculum and whether a smooth transition is possible from that straight into A levels. It might have suited the schools this end not to gain a pupil one term into the year, but it could well be that leaving it longer would have made for an even worse changeover. We simply don't know.

In any case she's got her Year 10 place sorted, at a school a manageable distance away, well done Herald family and best of luck to the young Miss H.

Thank you kind sir.

Ten years ago I was extremely reluctant to put her into school when she had just turned four, but that was the law,: she has to start school in the year she turned four. Thus she has always been the youngest child in every class she has ever been in. Now she is the oldest, but only by a couple of weeks.

[oldbanger]

King Herald said:

Pleased to say my daughter started in another school today. They were happy to take her in and drop her back a year. She is now the oldest, by two weeks. Bit of a trek to get there by foot, 40 minutes walk, but a bus goes that way.

That's great news KH

Edited by oldbanger on Tuesday 31st January 11:16

[turbobloke]

King Herald said:

Thus she has always been the youngest child in every class she has ever been in. Now she is the oldest, but only by a couple of weeks.

Quite. There's barely any difference in age. Anyway, good news, she's in and not at a school with that unprofessional headteacher in charge either.

FlyingMeeces said:

none of us have the foggiest what's in the Philippines high school curriculum

Some do and King Herald does - so will others.

It's easy enough to find out so there's no need to remember.

[Roscco]

King Herald said:

The school suggested we send her to college, said they could 'tailor a suitable course for her'...

Probably very much this.
In my personal al experience I didn't get on at school, but excelled at college University.

Look into this option, college isn't just full of 16 year old school drop outs. The exposure to mature students as well as realising everybody there WANTS to be there is brilliant.

So many different experiences and outlooks/opinions.

This is the best way to get ahead fast IMHO.

[King Herald]

Roscco said:

Probably very much this.
In my personal al experience I didn't get on at school, but excelled at college University.

Look into this option, college isn't just full of 16 year old school drop outs. The exposure to mature students as well as realising everybody there WANTS to be there is brilliant.

So many different experiences and outlooks/opinions.

This is the best way to get ahead fast IMHO.

They said the same as the School: starting anything mid year is very awkward and they basically can't take her in this far through the course year. I have no objections to her going, but I think being in a school with a group of children her own age group is the better option if possible, and luckily that is what she has now. Two days in, and she is getting on quite well.

[SWH]

Great news