The Admission & Appeal Codes for 2012 made significant changes to the old regime - this Handbook leads you through the new Codes with practical advice. The new Codes affect every school in the... More > country, they will impact on every school place offered and every appeal heard.
This guide is for head teachers, governors, admissions officer and panel members. Getting the admission process right for schools is critically important.
By going through the process, with practical tips and down to earth guidance you have a handy reference book to ensure you comply with the Codes.
Written by John Walker, a specialist education lawyer, with experience of advising academies, heads, governors, local authorities and parents it is an invaluable tool.< Less
An invaluable Guide to the whole Secondary School Admission and Appeal process. Written by John Walker, a Specialist Education Law Solicitor with the experience of literally thousands of school... More > appeals. John draws on his experience of working with panels, schools, Local Authorities and of course parents to provide this user friendly Guide.
The School Appeal and Admission Codes have changed significantly, and they will affect every school appeal. As a parent you need to know what to say, how to write your statement and what evidence you need to maximise your chances of success. This Guide has it all.
The Guide tells you how best to prepare for the Hearing, and includes extracts from the Codes, relevant legislation and of course advice.
“I would have no hesitation in recommending John Walker, not because he waives a magic wand, but because he empowers you to understand the whole appeals process from start to finish, then YOU go and win your appeal because you know what you are doing." - K.G.”< Less
Every year thousands of parents in England and Wales are not offered a place at their preferred school for their child. These parents can appeal to an Independant Appeal Panel who can overturn the... More > decision and send their child to the school they so desperately want to go to.
Revised to take account of the new law and Codes of Practice issued in 2012.
This is a down to earth guide for parents appealing against the decision not to offer them a place at their preferred school.
This book will explain how the decision was made, look at what you can do straight away, how to write your appeal, what to say on the day of the appeal and finally what to do after the appeal.< Less
Best of School Daze is a collection of amusing anecdotes and quotes that have been collected over a 32-year career in the public schools. Best of School Daze has a universal appeal, consisting... More > entirely of anecdotes that anyone, not just teachers and school staff, will find delightful< Less
For the stage.
In adapting Louis Sachar’s Wayside Schools novels for the theater, John Olive faced a huge challenge, what to leave out. He has done a masterful job. This two act play captures... More > the zaniness of Wayside School while adhering to a fairly linear plot line (the original books were more like a collection of fables or vignettes). The resulting play will appeal to theatergoers of all ages. Fun to produce at any budget level.
THEATRE - CHILDREN’S PLAYS - COMEDY
17 Characters: 10 Females – 7 Males
2 sets: Interior< Less
The great thing about sharing materials is that it means that later, when I’m gone, the stories, songs and verses that I’ve enjoyed sharing with my own classes might still be doing the... More > rounds. Perhaps it could even occur prior to that; I do love hearing another class singing a verse I’ve penned years before.
All of the materials here have been written for the classroom, and have been tried and tested there. This doesn’t mean they will work for you, but if you are careful, and pick out what really appeals to you, then I expect things will turn out all right. Really, the trick is to use a verse or story only as the starting point, and to tap into your own creativity, which will be much more useful and relevant for your own classes and circumstances. Some notes are attached to each piece to help them become more useful, but ignore these as it suits you.< Less
OUR FRIEND BARRY is a collection of personal essays from Barack Obama's Punahou School classmates, telling the story of Senator Obama's teenage years from the direct perspectives of those who grew up... More > with him. Collectively, they tell a story of the lasting influences of his Pacific island upbringing and a former Christian missionary school called "Punahou." Individually, they focus on topics such as: personal childhood experiences with Barack ("Barry") Obama; mixed-race life in Hawaii and lessons in diversity; student life at Punahou; and how Barack Obama's vision and appeal are rooted in his formative years at Punahou School and in our 50th State, making it impossible to pigeon-hole him into the simplified categories that the media, for now, cannot seem to break away from.< Less
This electronic book is a sampler. It’s not quite a free sample, but it’s nearly free, and you can start reading it a few seconds from now.
It's a selection of funny chapters from... More > "Stories I’d Tell My Children (but maybe not until they’re adults)," mostly about going to school in New Haven, CT in the 1950s and 60s. The printed book covers much more.
I’ve produced the sampler for other “kids” who went to school in New Haven, but the stories should have wide appeal for all baby-boomers, and even Gen-X-ers and Gen-Y-ers.
If you enjoy the samples, I hope you’ll buy the full 318-page book. Its ISBN is 978-0-9816617-5-9 and it's available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.< Less
The great thing about sharing materials is that it means that later, when I’m gone, the stories, songs and verses that I’ve enjoyed sharing with my own classes might still be doing the... More > rounds. Perhaps it could even occur prior to that; I do love hearing another class singing a verse I’ve penned years before.
All of the materials here have been written for the classroom, and have been tried and tested there. This doesn’t mean they will work for you, but if you are careful, and pick out what really appeals to you, then I expect things will turn out all right. Really, the trick is to use a verse or story only as the starting point, and to tap into your own creativity, which will be much more useful and relevant for your own classes and circumstances. Some notes are attached to each piece to help them become more useful, but ignore these as it suits you.< Less
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