"I wasn't seeking to knock faith schools just point out that some parents may feel resentful of their success because the choices they are presented with are so poor"
Andrea, I agree absolutely, and sympathize with your plight. The resentment which is felt by parents like yourself should, of course, be directed at a government which, with its confusion of policies, has reduced the education system to a shambles. In order to keep its backbenchers quiet in 1997, it got itself hung up on the inverted snobbery of 'no selection', abandoned the assisted places scheme, tried to encourage the closing down of the remaining grammar schools, and has been tying itself in knots trying to get round its self-imposed contradictions ever since. Given its location, one would expect Chiswick School to be among the country's high-performing comps, but, as you point out, its catchment area has been so skewed that its results never rise above mediocre. None of this, of course, is the fault of the faith schools. (BTW, I speak as a disinterested observer. I have no children at faith schools and I do not belong to a particular religion. I do, however, have experience of working at Chiswick School, and my son went there several years ago).
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