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My local store is a 600 mile, 12 hour, round trip.
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1. Siblings take priority always because of the difficulty of getting your kids to 2 schools, only exception being if older child about to leave.
2. Drawing lots is not legal.
3. PS I intend voting UKIP
1. NOT "always" since priority is determined solely on the admissions authority's published criteria. For example, 15 places, 16 applicants are statemented, siblings take a hike
2. Since when? If all priority places are filled and the school still needs 20 places filled to reach PAN from a pool of 40 possibles, how will you determine who is offered a place?
3. In what way is that relevant?
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Or blame the bbc, if there was something decent on tv then there would be less kids born.
Fewer.
I blame the schools.
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I am currently writing a letter to appeal the decision, and if I'm being honest it's a bit of a struggle not to come across as a rabid UKIP voter.
I used to write, review and apply admissions policies as part of my day job. I also used to clerk the appeals process for an academy, which basically means I was on hand to advise the appeal panel on matters relating to the appeal process itself and the law on admissions. Although my experience is secondary, the rules are broadly similar and the principles are common to secondary and primary phase (and middle where this applies)
Get a copy of the school's and/or local authority's admissions policy, along with the date that it was last reviewed. Check that the selection and over-subscription criteria have been applied properly and fairly.
If you want help with an appeal I am happy to do what I can to advise you, but first I would need to see the policy, and the letter you received offering a place. Send these via PM or email if you want me to look at them.
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DPF - 6 weeks between forced regens is not funny!
I blame the tree-huggers.
What's that on? My V40 does it every few weeks - usually just at the start of a good run. Well done wooly lefties, your nonsensical dick headedness means I end up doing 75 miles at 25mpg. That'll help the trees.
09 Shogun. Regen usually fails as my nearest dual-carriageway is 70 miles away, so it goes into limphome till I can get it hooked up for a forced regen which is 40 mins at 3k while it stands. That'll go some way to saving the planet.
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how many times do you want me to go over it.
Seven please, tyvm.
Notd was the biddy in the Astra that decided she could squeeze past my Shogun on a single track humpback bridge. Sigh.
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DPF - 6 weeks between forced regens is not funny!
I blame the tree-huggers.
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Can't you just go there on foot and sit on the thing and use your feet to push it along the pavement until you get home.. with the temptation to turn the thing on and ride it if you approach a steep hill.
Wishful thinking?
Still illegal even if the engine is not running.
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What am I missing? Any tips?
It really is quite simple.
Kids playing on the pavement are a potential hazard.
Kid running into road is a DEVELOPING hazard.
Parked bus - potential
Car driving round bus - developing
Car at junction - potential
Car at junction pulling out - developing
A potential hazard is anything that causes you to watch carefully
A developing hazard is anything that causes you to brake or change direction. Click!
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Interesting. I suppose its safe to say... Where ever you take your test just ask. Or take your test in my town if you want to chill out. Maybe we all need to do that!
Take your test on the Isle of Barra, and you'll not have to worry about filtering. Or roundabouts. Or traffic!
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I don't believe that I can do a better job than my managers but I do know that being to proud to admit when they cock up and allow the learners to fail behind a pretence of red tape is wrong. Allowing learners to smoke weed on college premises and too afraid of the 'good' name of the college being affected to stop it is wrong ... etc etc.
It's ironic that the "good name" of the college would in all probability be better served if the drug use on site was dealt with more appropriately. As a governor I chaired the school's discipline committee and was instrumental in developing their Substance Abuse policy. If a student was found in possession the police would ALWAYS be involved. Google "Peter Walker drug testing" and you'll see the results of my school's stance on drugs!
I understand your reasons for leaving, and I'm not suggesting for one moment that you are wrong in the decision you have made. I just despair when good teachers leave the profession in this way since once change IS on the agenda there'll be nobody left to steer that change. I do accept that it can get to the stage where your own sanity has to take precedence over the interests of your learners.
That said, there will always be demand for good maths teachers (is it still a shortage subject?) so you could always go back into education if insurance selling doesn't work out.
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I have a new job working away from home which is going really well and the money is more than good, however I find myself getting bored in my hotel room in the evenings. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to keep me entertained especially with summer coming up I'm going to be missing my bike as riding to work isn't an option.
And keep it clean!!
Try http://www.alison.com or any similar site and study something totally new and unrelated to your day job.
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Joe, I'm going to leave regardless but if no one stands up to the treatment nothing will ever get done.
You're not standing up to it though, you're quitting and losing any chance you may have had of effecting change.
And so the circle of (in)competence continues to turn inexorably...
Teachers complaining that managers keep trying to tell them how to teach...
Managers complaining that teachers keep trying to tell them how to manage...
After 12 years as a vice-chair of governors, followed by 10 years as a School Business Manager I changed career 3 years ago, but my eyes still roll at the irony of situations such as you describe. Both "sides" convinced that they know the other's job better, when the reality is that education would be better served if both sides got on with their own job and ignored the perceived interference from others. Sigh.
Sorry, rant over for now
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If I've never received or seen a contract, let alone not signed one, they'd struggle to have a case.
Nothing says that contracts have to be written down. As soon as you accept a job offer you have entered into a contract with your (future) employer.
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Interesting topic. I'm wondering how I might carry a 14ft sea kayak on a bike
Carefully, of course!
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Why would you even think of keeping your helmet on while washing your bike?
So you can bore people with your tedious commentary...
I rarely use sound when I watch videos... for good reason!
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#3 for sure.........queue like the rest of us!!........really boils my p*ss does that.......
How does that sit with filtering?
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I am currently teaching in a college and I am leaving the industry completely ...
I need to find a way of keeping them both happy! - shit, that's like trying to please a wife and a girlfriend at the same time! I'm screwed ...
As an (ex) educational employer I'd be concerned mostly about how to cover your absence. How can I continue to deliver the curriculum if I let you go early? Is it a shortage or specialist subject? Can I cover using Randstad, Strictly Ed or similar, and at what cost?
If I were minded to approve the early release, am I confident I can do so without setting a precedent at a time when lots of Post 16 teachers/lecturers are wanting to leave the profession?
What effect is this likely to have on my next OfSTED inspection? What effect would your leaving have on your learners, possibly right at the point that they are taking exams or facing assessment?
What about your professionalism in all this? Your sense of duty to your learners?
On the other hand, if I refused your early release, what chance is there that you might simply go sick with stress?
Spoken yet to your union?
Random thoughts that may or may not help. Feel free to completely disregard if you like
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The concept of a 3 month notice period is a dodgy idea as it would be deemed to be an unfair contract clause imposed on you to get the job,
It's not uncommon for Headteacher contracts to include a one year notice period.
"Ordinary" teachers are usually subject to a one term notice period - interviews in May for a September start.
In industry, 3 months is common.
OP needs to talk it through with both parties. I would take a very dim view of a potential employee that shafted his old employer by cutting short his notice period tothe extent that I would probably withdraw the offer (knowing that you can't take me to ET)
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Why would you even think of keeping your helmet on while washing your bike?
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Is there a way to find out where my local tax office is.. google search gave me nothing but a local post office.
Your employer's tax office may not be the one most local to you. I live and work in Scotland, my tax office is in Huddersfield.
Ask your employer, or look on your payslip.
Also ask them to check they haven't had a P6 coding notice to take effect on 6th April this year.
If they have, it will likely be due to your refund and HMRC have adjusted it through next year's code. Your employer should be able to tell you what your code will be next year, from that you can tell if you're getting the refund through your normal pay.
If not, then ask your employer to chase up your refund. Any decent employer will do that for you.
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I'm looking for a camera gyro-stabilizer, so I can make "MotoGP style" videos with my Gopro on track days.
Google the word "gimbal". There's loads of different types for all sorts of cameras and mounts.
I use a Zenmuse on my quadcopters but they tend to be a little pricey.
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So the Lidl gear is available from today and the Aldi range is available from 8th March?
As is the case every year about now.
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I won't be using their site for any future quotes then
I wonder where their main income stream is derived? Quotes or data mining/selling to drive targetted marketing?