My drive to work this morning took half the time this morning it usually does.

[Burney]

You could also blame the traffic you usually experience on the middle class parents who choose to send their kids to superior schools that are a drive away, rather than settling for the one around the corner.

I work in Enfield, m. I seriously doubt there are any ‘superior’ schools.

[Peter]

I work in Enfield, m. I seriously doubt there are any ‘superior’ schools.

Ahem- Excuse me!

I went to one of the top state schools in the country- in Enfield. Funnily enough, it is awash with kids from Muswell Hill, Highgate, the better parts of Finchley.

St Ignatius is ok, as is Southgate. The others are effectively borstals.

[Burney]

Ahem- Excuse me!

I went to one of the top state schools in the country- in Enfield. Funnily enough, it is awash with kids from Muswell Hill, Highgate, the better parts of Finchley.

St Ignatius is ok, as is Southgate. The others are effectively borstals.

But - with respect - that was an awfully long time ago, wasn't it, p?

It's like me and Croydon. I was rather fond and defensive of the place when I grew up there. It's now a cesspit.

[Peter]

But - with respect - that was an awfully long time ago, wasn't it, p?

It's like me and Croydon. I was rather fond and defensive of the place when I grew up there. It's now a cesspit.

It is still an outstanding school in every respect. And it still attracts kids from all over North London and over 3000 applicants a year. It isnt quite as good as when I was there, for obvious reasons

I dont know much about the others these days.

[redgunamo]

I work in Enfield, m. I seriously doubt there are any ‘superior’ schools.

Even more reason for making a show out of it by taking the day off of it, I'd say.

[7sisters]

Why? Because hundreds of schools have been closed due to snow that has prevented precisely no-one else in the area getting to work and has now almost entirely melted. However, teachers considered it too ‘dangerous’ to allow children to go to school, thus forcing god knows how many parents to either take the day off or work from home to look after their kids.

Teachers - like most in the public sector - really are idle, lying, workshy cùnts.

Indeed. A school nearby has been closed for two days. Several others in the town are all open. The reason. A hill leading up to the main school, which is within the school's land, is deemed too hazardous. The hill is really nothing to write home about and have none of these clowns heard of rock salt ? A call to the council perhaps ?

[SWv2]

Why? Because hundreds of schools have been closed due to snow that has prevented precisely no-one else in the area getting to work and has now almost entirely melted. However, teachers considered it too ‘dangerous’ to allow children to go to school, thus forcing god knows how many parents to either take the day off or work from home to look after their kids.

Teachers - like most in the public sector - really are idle, lying, workshy cùnts.

Of course the decision to close the schools is made by the relevant Head or perhaps Government department at a local or perhaps national level, no decision regarding school closures is actually made by the teachers.

We had two days closure recently due to the storm Ophelia, wind essentially.

[Pokster]

Of course the decision to close the schools is made by the relevant Head or perhaps Government department at a local or perhaps national level, no decision regarding school closures is actually made by the teachers.

We had two days closure recently due to the storm Ophelia, wind essentially.

Head teachers are on a hiding to nothing, in the modern culture we live in if a child gets injured because the playground hadn't been cleared of forst/snow then the school would have a legal issue.

In the olden days schools hardly ever shut as there was no social media to tell parents, so kids went to school, played in the snow and got on with it.