There is a whole lot of bother about some school in Bromley kicking out students after year one of A levels if they don't make the grade.
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However in this case instead of going quietly because it is a selective school the parents have decided they are going to sue -
However when I was at a non-selective A level college many years ago they basically told students who didn't get certain grades in certain subjects that they should consider doing another course or going elsewhere depending on how thick they decided the student was. The grades you had to get varied per course as they had done some statistical analysis on the many previous years students.
Other relations who are younger than me also had this at their schools and colleges. Some selective and others not.
In other words it ain't new. If the school or college thinks you are going to feck up their A level results they make you leave as they want funding for the government for future years.
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However in this case instead of going quietly because it is a selective school the parents have decided they are going to sue -
Parents of pupils from St Olave's, in the London borough of Bromley, say that removing pupils between Year 12 and 13 - the lower and upper sixth - is a form of exclusion.
Lawyers representing the parents claim that such an exclusion is unlawful and are seeking a judicial review.
The school has not commented so far.
Lawyers representing the parents claim that such an exclusion is unlawful and are seeking a judicial review.
The school has not commented so far.
However when I was at a non-selective A level college many years ago they basically told students who didn't get certain grades in certain subjects that they should consider doing another course or going elsewhere depending on how thick they decided the student was. The grades you had to get varied per course as they had done some statistical analysis on the many previous years students.
Other relations who are younger than me also had this at their schools and colleges. Some selective and others not.
In other words it ain't new. If the school or college thinks you are going to feck up their A level results they make you leave as they want funding for the government for future years.
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