How refreshing that City of York Council is finally addressing the problem of school administration.
There is no fairer system than children going to their local schools. Parents transporting their children to schools in other areas because their local school isn't good enough is really a defeatist attitude, as well as adding to traffic congestion and pollution.
If there is something wrong at a local school then the parent should help to solve it and not simply jump in their cars and run away from it.
Often this concept of "it's a good school" is very subjective. And anyway the influx of pupils only leads to general overcrowding, larger classes and less effective teaching; thus defeating the object.
The sooner the whole county goes back to the simple concept of local schools the sooner the real problems concerning the education of children can be addressed.
G Goforth,
The Thorpe,
Amotherby, Malton.
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