Get a move on, Mum!

Well, hooray - I hope.  The Schools Minister has said that siblings should be given the right to go to the same school.  Which of course always used to be the case - why did it ever change?  It can be a nightmare for parents.  I know of one mother who has two kids in different primary schools about 6 miles apart, and in order to get them both there for registration, she has to leave the elder child, who is 8 coming 9 standing on the pavement outside the one school waiting for the gates to open, while she takes the younger one to the other school.  She's very unhappy about "abandoning" the elder one in this way, but has no choice if the younger one is not to get a late mark.  She's told the council of her problem but it seems they couldn't care less.  Hopefully this move by the Minister will improve matters - if not for her, then at least for future parents. I certainly hope so.