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32 The Link Magazine • August 2001
North Swindon parents snap up places at Fairford school

North Swindon parents, un- and small towns, we are a true
happy with the quality of the comprehensive; the children
secondary education in the from Swindon will add another
town, have signed up in large dimension to the make-up of
numbers for Farmors School, Farmors."
Fairford, in neighbouring Last year the school achieved
Gloucestershire, and are will- 65`x, A to C grades at GCSE and
ing to pay £400 a year to bus a 96% pass rate at A level.
their children there. North Swindon parents with
The May Link exclusively younger children are also un-
highlighted the concerns of derstood to have registered
Abbey Meads families who had them at primary schools out-
already secured places at side the area - some at other
Farmors. Applications swelled Swindon schools, others within
as a result and 33 children will the catchment area of Farmors
transfer from North Swindon - so that they can move on to
primary schools in September. preferred secondary schools.
They will join 12 children who Swindon education officer
Norrie Porter commented, "ide-
Farmors lieadteacherAnn Stokes zuith ally the education authority would
Barn field • • her September intake from Swindon like to see all pupils being taught
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in schools in their local commu-
transferred to Farmors in year 7 in
Contracts td May, ten children in year 8 and 11 nity. When a significant number of
in year 9. parents living in a particular area
Industrial, Commercial, Refurbishment & Domestic In the May edition parent Julie send their children elsewhere it
Little explained that the lack of can adversely affect the social mix
"We handle everything"
choice of schools in Swindon had of the school concerned."
• Extensions/alterations • Property maintenance forced parents to look further He said there could be various
• New build • Carpentry & joinery afield. She said that with the prom- reasons for parents to choose
• Loft conversions • Kitchen & bathroom ised new North Swindon second- schools outside the immediate vi-
• Wood flooring • Double glazing ary school not due until 2004 at the cinity, but acknowledged that the
earliest, and Hreod Parkway fail- Hreod Parkway Ofsted report may
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^ ` - 9 Full design & planning service available ing its Ofsted report, their con- have been a determining factor for
all completed by one builder., from start to finish cerns had been re-inforced. some. "An Action Plan jointly pro-
Z Farmors headteacher Ann duced by the school and Swindon
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Stokes said children had travelled Council has been submitted to the
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U ic Tel: 01793 766198 Fax: 01793 766418 from the Cricklade area for many Department for Education and
years and she welcomed the in- Skills."
take from North Swindon. "It's He added that building works
very flattering to be seen as a suc- would take place during the sum-
s Pets' P Paradise cessful school by parents who have mer break and into the autumn to
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made a positive choice to send their
improve the learning environment.
children here. Many are attracted The school will be fully staffed
at Paradise Pets! by our performance in public ex- from September to continue the
aminations and also our sixth form progress towards reaching the
provision. standards demanded by the Ofsted
T "As a school serving rural areas inspectors.
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