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#23 Subject

2014-05-13 11:40

"WASPS (another good school in the district) is going to 3 form entry, so not sure argument about school places is that crucial."

Actually, WASPs have been 3 form entry for some time. There is immense pressure on primary school places in the north west of the city already.

Add this to the plan to build on Primrose Hill, and effectively, you are narrowing the school catchment to the families that can afford to live in the fairly expensive properties within close proximity to the two schools.

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#26 Re: Subject

2014-05-13 16:43:18

There seems to be too debates here, one that all but one poster are concerned about, namely the influx of 430 students in a residential suberb. Then there is the issue of one poster about the paucity of places in certain primary schools over others. My understanding is that there are plenty of places at the two primary schools in twerton which would be a short walk over the footbridge by the Dolphin from this new development. Or is the issue about the quality of the schools? That seems to me to be another debate.