BOY REJECTED BY FAMILY SCHOOL.Byline: RICHARD SMITH A BOY of four has been refused admission to the village school his great-great-great grandfather built in 1852, despite only living 150 yards away. Every generation of Jamie Turner's family has attended the school - including his older siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) Ashleigh, 13, and Joshua, 11. But Jamie has been told the 15 new places for September are all taken and he will have to attend a school two miles away. The problem has arisen because children with a brother or sister attending the school have priority even if they live outside Littledean, Glos. Jamie's furious mum Leigh, 31, said yesterday: "It's all wrong - the system has ruled that Jamie can't go to a school around the corner yet they are bringing in children from outside. "They should give priority to local families." Leigh and her taxi driver taxi driver n → taxista m/f taxi driver taxi n → chauffeur m de taxi taxi driver taxi n → husband Gary, 30, are appealing. But a spokesman for Gloucestershire county council said the school's admission criteria admission criteria the rules for the establishment of comparable groups in any comparison of differences in the performance or responses of the group. The criteria may be permissible age group, the previous productivity, the freedom from disease and so on. are being followed.. CAPTION(S): TURNED DOWN Little Jamie |
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