[Misc] The School Run

[NigelTaylor82]

Waiting for the bus in Hurst and 70% of the cars going past are full of little darlings being given a lift to school.

Roads jammed.

WTF!

Make them bloody walk!

It’s a sunny day for Christ’s sake. I’d make them walk regardless. Its character building.

Bloody pampered little miracles.

Apologies I’m one of the cars taking my kids to Hurst for school - coming from Hove !

 

[jcdenton08]

Top quality rant

 

[happypig]

five ways village

No such place.

 

[keaton]

Round my way the schools cannot cope with the number of new houses being built, so kids are having to attend schools well outside their normal catchment areas. Maybe this is part of the problem.

They would be entitled to free transport then in most cases

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Apologies I’m one of the cars taking my kids to Hurst for school - coming from Hove !

The college or the village primary school? It’s almost expected that the roads around College Lane will be clogged by Range Rovers and Audi Q8s every morning and evening as pretty much none of the kids who go to Hurst College live in the village. If you drive your children from Hove to St Lawrence primary school, on the other hand: well that’s true commitment to a state education.

I went there as a kid (the local school, not the posh one). I was made to walk there every day, like it or not

 

[Taybha]

 

[Commander]

In a rush? Just start the walk to school earlier.

So speaks somebody who doesn't have kids

 

[nicko31]

Waiting for the bus in Hurst and 70% of the cars going past are full of little darlings being given a lift to school.

Roads jammed.

WTF!

Make them bloody walk!

It’s a sunny day for Christ’s sake. I’d make them walk regardless. Its character building.

Bloody pampered little miracles.

Need more of this kind of thing, go to your local school and walk.

School streets programme to continue

The school streets trial at five primary schools in the county will continue but will now be operated with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras from today (29 November).Oxfordshire County Council has been trialling school streets during the 2023/24 school year. This involved timed...

news.oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

[schmunk]

My eldest son goes through Hurst in a school bus down to Brighton. At about 15 miles door-to-door, it's not EASILY walkable...

My others all walk to school, in about 5 minutes.

 

[Insel affe]

No such place.

Tell them that, and they will be queuing around the block to tell you it is a village and how much their property is worth.

 

[NigelTaylor82]

The college or the village primary school? It’s almost expected that the roads around College Lane will be clogged by Range Rovers and Audi Q8s every morning and evening as pretty much none of the kids who go to Hurst College live in the village. If you drive your children from Hove to St Lawrence primary school, on the other hand: well that’s true commitment to a state education.

I went there as a kid (the local school, not the posh one). I was made to walk there every day, like it or not

Sorry to disappoint you - it’s the college. My commitment is to try to give them the best start in life in the way I feel is most likely to achieve the desired results. There are plenty of good state schools but I feel my kids will benefit more from a posh school as you call it. It’s not posh by the way but it is small classes, lots of tests to prep them for GCSEs , the teachers know the kids strengths & weaknesses inside out & the sports facilities are excellent. Lots of academic support etc because it’s in the schools interest for the kids to get good exam results as that’s why your paying.

 

[BNthree]

Shame so many kids are just ferried around places. Getting them walking or on the bus gets them to experience real life a bit too and not just a nice cosy sterile environment.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Sorry to disappoint you - it’s the college. My commitment is to try to give them the best start in life in the way I feel is most likely to achieve the desired results. There are plenty of good state schools but I feel my kids will benefit more from a posh school as you call it. It’s not posh by the way but it is small classes, lots of tests to prep them for GCSEs , the teachers know the kids strengths & weaknesses inside out & the sports facilities are excellent. Lots of academic support etc because it’s in the schools interest for the kids to get good exam results as that’s why your paying.

And you might get to meet Sir Glenn Murray on the school run, so, worth it

 

[NigelTaylor82]

And you might get to meet Sir Glenn Murray on the school run, so, worth it

Hehe - I have several times had a chat. Lovely man. His child no longer goes to Hurst though as she’s very talented in a particular area and has gone off to pursue that talent at a different place.

See another first team player there quite regularly but as he’s moving down to central Hove, I’m guessing his kids might move school.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Sorry to disappoint you - it’s the college. My commitment is to try to give them the best start in life in the way I feel is most likely to achieve the desired results. There are plenty of good state schools but I feel my kids will benefit more from a posh school as you call it. It’s not posh by the way but it is small classes, lots of tests to prep them for GCSEs , the teachers know the kids strengths & weaknesses inside out & the sports facilities are excellent. Lots of academic support etc because it’s in the schools interest for the kids to get good exam results as that’s why your paying.

I guess someone has to teach them the difference between your and you're

 

[Notters]

No such place.

yes, I was slightly sick in my mouth reading that!

 

[schmunk]

And you might get to meet Sir Glenn Murray on the school run, so, worth it

I've seen Burno at my son's school - his son's in the same year.

 

[NigelTaylor82]

I've seen Burno at my son's school - his son's in the same year.

Yes Bruno & Raquel are lovely down to earth people. Been fortunate to have met them at a couple of events.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Tell them that, and they will be queuing around the block to tell you it is a village and how much their property is worth.

Most of them DFLs and none originally from Brighton

 

[Nicksinclair13]

Anyone know a bar in Hurstpierpoint showing the game on Monday?

The Poacher in the High Street will show it… this is purely for information and does not in any way amount to a recommendation.

Should you chose to view there… you do so purely by your own free will/stupidity/bravery.