tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post2867677492067279987..comments2024-03-29T13:22:41.840+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Selection by ability to pay?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-25264916995055881942020-01-02T08:35:28.567+00:002020-01-02T08:35:28.567+00:00Ark and Eim Group, the Dutroux Scandal: https://ww...Ark and Eim Group, the Dutroux Scandal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHSx3TXOifo<br />What lies beneath the Ark Academy in Brent?" https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/10/487685.html cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10207858170384847956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-22613594609376205302012-10-10T13:53:21.466+01:002012-10-10T13:53:21.466+01:00Dear Martin,
I am sure that you will give space to...Dear Martin,<br />I am sure that you will give space to the letter from the Principal also carried in the Wembley Observer in which it is made clear that many of the garments listed by the paper are optional and that the uniform is in fact similarly priced to that in other Wembley and Brent community schools. Also like other schools the academy provides assistance to parents where this is needed.<br /><br />Ark provides a wide range of opportunities for its pupils in and outside school at secondary and primary level at as low a cost as is possible. As at other schools subsidies are applied to extend opportunities and Ark also makes arrangements to help families whose children could not otherwise participate.<br /><br />For the record, Ark does not select pupils - indeed the provisions of its admissions policy are that 50% of secondary places are reserved for children living closest to the Fawood Children's Centre in order that access to the school is not restricted to Wembley only. Its FSM percentage at 30 - 32% is similar to other schools in the area.<br /><br />Parents and others passing the school may use all sorts of shorthand to describe it. We hope that the "grammar" shorthand implies no more than that the school has very high aspirations for all its pupils and makes every effort possible and provides the help and support needed to ensure that every student fulfills their potential. We hope that is what attracts hundreds of parents to our open days and why the school has been oversubscribed thus far. <br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />L Smith<br />GovernorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com