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Swindon's Bishop Secondary school places
Michael Doe chaos confuses parents
sends Christmas
Confusion has been created for West Swindon parents choosing
Greetings to Link a secondary school for September 1995 as to how many places are
readers on page 28, available at Ridgeway School.
Armed with the Wiltshire Local way were told that the school
accompanied by
Education Authority booklet stat- would take more children than the
Christmas services ing admission arrangements and 240 given in the County admis-
Below: Bishop Michael outside Holy the number of places available at sions booklet.
Trinity Church, Shaw the three schools designated to re- On the night she attended Moira
ceive children from the area - Webster from Shaw was very sur-
Bradon Forest, Greendown and prised to hear headteacher Tom
Ridgeway - parents attended Axon announce that Ridgeway
school open evenings before half could take 30 to 40 more children
term in October. from the parts of West Swindon
The booklet states that children which are not in the priority catch-
living in Too thill and Westlea have ment area.
priority admission to Greendown "Given the information in the
and Ridgeway, whilst those living Wiltshire booklet lwas taken aback
in Freshbrook (including Grange to hear him give a 'guarantee' of a
Park, Shaw and Roughmoor have place to any child who wanted to
priority to Greendown and Bradon attend his school," she said. "The
Forest. LEA school application form says
However, parents from all parts parents fromShaw have to make a
of West Swindon visiting Ridge-- special case to attend Ridgeway."
Alison Barrett, whose son at-
tends Westlea School but lives in
Santa's comeback tour 1994 Eastleaze outside the Ridgeway
catchment, said she was not sure
West Swindon Lions will be leading reindeer pulling Santa around the what was happening. "We were
West Swindon area on the following dates in December. told that Ridgeway would take
more children than the number
Tuesday 13th, Thursday 15th, Tuesday 20th. The tours will start at Toothill Village Centre
given by Wiltshire. The impres-
at 6pm and the reindeer will return to the stables at 8pm.
sion was that nobody would he
On Saturday 17th Santa will bean the road from 5pm and will be stopping off atTexas DIY between 5.30pm and 6.30pm turned away. We've applied for
before carrying on round the houses until 8pm. Matthew to go there as there seems
Watch out for Lions, reindeers and the man with a white beard. Please put what you can into the collecting bucket. to be a possibility of a place."
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