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Changes Afoot with Announcement of 2013 Admissions Policy Newsletter ISSUE 2—SUMMER 2012 SUMMER 2012 Newsletter Changes afoot with announcement of 2013 Admissions Policy Hidden within the text of the April 2012 different to that of Bournemouth School. This Newsletter issued by the School is what can means that girls can’t access certain A levels at best be described as the most radical change BSG so there is an opportunity to deliver that has been made to the school admissions something extra that they would want. The policy, ever… logical response would be to have a joint sixth form with BSG. This was suggested and reject- Special points of interest: “Last term we also undertook the formal consultation on our ed by BSG. Therefore rather than possibly Bournemouth School chang- Admissions Policy for September 2013. Following consultation, having a declining sixth form population the and some minor changes, the policy determined by the gov- School took the decision to take in a propor- es admissions policy erning body has now been published on our website. The main tion of girls. At most this will be 50 and will changes to our policy are: Radical departure from the probably be significantly less. holding the entrance tests in September and advising past practice parents of their son’s eligibility before they apply for a BSG has not reacted well to the news and place in October; does not appear to have fully grasp what this Return to local preference advantaging applicants who live in the Borough of Bourne- change was designed to do and actually for those within Borough mouth, unless entrance test scores are very high; means; it is not about narrowing the field for formalising our intention to admit girls into the sixth form. boys. No boy who satisfies the entrance crite- Market led change ria will be turned away as the school can have In the Bournemouth Echo, Headmaster Dr Dori- as many sixth form places as they want so an Lewis said: “We believe in choice and this broadens long as facilities can cope. It should be choice for girls in the area”. “We also believe it creates a stressed that these new places will be in addi- healthy environment to have both boys and girls in the sixth tion to the normal male intake so it will not form”. reduce opportunity for boys in the area. Critics have been quick to jump to conclusions It has been determined that this is the only and it can be said that the reporting in the way to ensure the long term future of the Echo was anything but unbiased, reading as it school and changes nothing (well nearly noth- did as the indirect response from BSG. How- ing—Ed). Bournemouth School is not going co- ever, we understand that a considerable educational, only having a slightly mixed sixth amount of time, thought and soul searching form. went into this decision by the Governors and As stated previously, the new admissions poli- Headmaster before it was arrived at. Inside this issue: cy will also reverse the more recent practice Government reforms have resulted in the most of allowing unrestricted entry to boys from lucrative part of a school population from the outside of the area. It was felt that as Bourne- Changes afoot—2013 1 point of view of income allocation per capita mouth has protected its grammar school sys- is the sixth form which subsidises the rest. As a tem, it should return to being the grammar Admissions Policy result the provision of sixth form tuition has school for the borough. Reforms to admissions policy for Poole will also help to level the Annual Dinner / Sea Scouts 2 now become very attractive to all secondary schools in the area where this was not previ- playing field. Appeal ously offered. As a consequence, plans are This new venture for the school has already already moving or being contemplated for 3 generated a healthy debate amongst the Old Cricket / Golf sixth forms at Portchester, Avonborne, Bishop Bournemouthians’ community with passionate of Winchester, Winton and Glenmoor. Normal- feelings being expressed against and it must ly Bournemouth School would be invited to be said rather less expressions of support for Is it a 40s Thing? 4 career evenings of the secondary schools as an the change. Until we can see this in action, option for sixth form education. This year the none of us will be able to gauge how this will invitation from at least one of the boys schools 5 change the atmosphere within the School. Only BS in the 1950’s / Late was not forthcoming. Developer time will tell. However we may be welcoming This response is therefore to address market ladies to the 2014 Annual Dinner. Watch your Head of the River 6 forces and protect the viability of Bournemouth language tables 5 & 8, you know who you School and ensure that it has a secure long are! term future. If you have any questions or concerns, please Obituaries 7 This should not be seen as a direct attack on address them to Association Chairman (and BSG as currently the subject offering at BSG is Bournemouth School Governor) David Sidwick. Page 2 2012 Annual Dinner By Ian Underwood / Keith Bichard 1990. His jobs takes him to places as far Bournemouth School, 1976-1983 / 1981-83 afield as the Antarctic, Somalia and Afghani- stan. In 2010, Mark won a BAFTA for his part After a number of years at the Queens Hotel in ITV News's coverage of the Haiti earth- and after feedback from several members, quake. We are very excited that he has once we have decided to change venue for this more agreed to speak. 2012 Annual Dinner Speak- year’s annual dinner. We shall be holding this er Mark Austin (baring For those of you that wish to stay, the hotel earthquakes, military year’s event on Friday 21st September at the have set aside 10 double rooms for the night coups, snap-elections or the Carlton Menzies Hotel on the East Cliff. at a cost of £110 to include breakfast and odd war) We are also delighted to announce that the leisure facilities. Anybody who would like to speaker for this year’s event will be Mark book a room can book direct with hotel on Austin, the multi-award winning journalist who 0 1 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 o r v i a e m a i l co-presents ITV News at Ten. After a near miss [email protected]. The rooms will “ in 2010, Mark won a a couple of years ago when Robert Mugabe be held until the 24th August. intervened at the last minute, Mark has As we currently have a healthy bank balance, BAFTA for his part in ITV agreed to speak again on the proviso that it we have decided to donate the proceeds of News's coverage of the Haiti “will very much depend on events and the news agenda on the raffle to a deserving cause. If you would the day” which we take to mean that there are like to nominate somebody or some organisa- earthquake” no earthquakes, military coups, snap elections tion, please email [email protected] or the odd war. with details and the Committee will choose the Mark should need no introduction, having most deserving beneficiary. Preference will be started his journalistic career on the Bourne- given to any cause directly or indirectly con- mouth Evening Echo, rising through the ranks of nected with the School in particular or Bourne- the BBC before joining ITN in 1986. He was mouth in general. one of the first British journalists to report from A Dinner form can be found on the back of the Gulf during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in this Newsletter. Sea Scouts Appeal by Jeremy Sullivan costs and a lighter sailing rig as well as ob- taining funding to produce a new shaping I hope many ex-Scouts remember the enjoy- mould. It is estimated that a pulling/sailing ment and badges they obtained whilst boat- version including trailer of the Home Counties ing. For me this meant “Sea Tern”, a 27ft Gig (currently our boats are stored on land) Montague Whaler in Poole Harbour and on would cost £18,000 making this the most ex- her retirement “Sea Scout” a Scoutcraft16 pensive purchase the Group has ever made. double-banked pulling boat. “Sea Scout” with However, as some Home Counties Gigs from a glass-fibre hull and wooden gunwale the 1960’s are only now approach- and thwarts at approximately 15 years old, is ing retirement this does represent good value still going strong. for money for our current Scouts and future generations. In the summer the Group currently meets at the Bournemouth Town Camp Site Perch Pool on Over the last two to three years we have the river Stour in Christchurch on Friday eve- raised £6,500 towards the purchase of a gig. nings but lacks sufficient boating seats to put In the long term we would like to purchase all Scouts & Explorers on the water at one additional gigs both to increase the number of time. The task of locating a boatyard produc- Scouts (boys & girls now from BSG) we can ing Scout-suitable gigs is next to impossible put on the water and so we can have pulling and I was therefore extremely pleased to races. Yefren Nye wins the Un- hear about “The Future Gig Project”. If any ex-Scouts can help with a donation to der 18 Kayak event in the This project, lead by a team of Sea Scout the gig fund please send cheques payable to national sea scout regat- Leaders and including Mark Edwards – Mas- Bournemouth School Sea Scouts C/O Mr B ta for second year run- ter Boat Builder - is redesigning certain as- Cudmore, Scout Leader, Bournemouth School, ning pects of the classic Home Counties Gig to en- East Way, Bournemouth BH8 9PY.
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