children at St Josephยนs and St Michaelยนs that their children have not been
offered places at either their first or second choice schools. In the cases
I know of these are Cherwell and Cheney. They have been offered Oxford
Spires instead, which is a time consuming and expensive journey by two buses
or a not very safe cycle ride. Both my younger daughters were also refused
places at both Cherwell and Cheney (in 2011 and 2014) so perhaps I ought not
to be surprised.
Have other people heard of problems? Iยนve been told that Cherwell has
reduced its catchment to a 1.4 miles distance from the school. It certainly
makes me very worried about whether the County Council have seriously
thought through the impact of the secondary school demand from new Barton
Park residents.
Mary Clarkson (Cllr)
Marston Ward
Oxford City Council