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by kingedwardrd
Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:54 pm
Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
Topic: New Bursaries policy
Replies: 61
Views: 19717

Re: New Bursaries policy

Possibly - but then the school had open dorms, horse hair mattreses ... Those days are long gone. The idea that we must remain true to a mission written before the reign of Elizabeth the First does strike me as odd. Besides, at the moment a child whose parents are a nurse and part time teacher would...
by kingedwardrd
Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:06 pm
Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
Topic: New Bursaries policy
Replies: 61
Views: 19717

Re: New Bursaries policy

There have been some major changes - the primary aim being to make it easier for parents on 'middle income' to send their children to CH. In the past it seemed that such parents were unfairly disciminated against. As a result there will be far greater competition for places where parents need high s...
by kingedwardrd
Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:03 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: HOUSEY UNIFORM
Replies: 30
Views: 7845

Re: HOUSEY UNIFORM

The uniform was dropped as part of the Horsham visit rules soon after the arrival of Peter Southern in the mid 1990s. It was felt that it drew attention to the pupils in a way that was not helpful. Sound but sad as many in Horsham now never see the uniform.