Selective Catholic Schools
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Selective Catholic Schools are secondary-level institutions that existed in England before the turn of the millennium. Only The London Oratory School in Fulham continued to select it's intake up until 2006 with the use of parent & pupil interviews; to this day it selects a small portion of it's intake based on Musical Aptitude.
These schools were (particularly during the 1980s and 1990s) extremely controversial and received many complaints about social selectivity and bias towards middle class candidates and their parents. The John Fisher School in Purley for example had a more complex admissions procedure than many neighouring private schools.
In 1999 the then Labour government put a ban on pupil selection by interview and many of the ancillary processes these schools used to determine their intake. By introducing a points system see Catholic Points-based Admission School
they have managed to maintain similarly high standards before the end of selection.
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
and The London Oratory School are famous for selecting and subsequently educating the sons of many politicians; including all 4 of Tony Blair's sons and his daughter in the sixth-form.
These schools were (particularly during the 1980s and 1990s) extremely controversial and received many complaints about social selectivity and bias towards middle class candidates and their parents. The John Fisher School in Purley for example had a more complex admissions procedure than many neighouring private schools.
In 1999 the then Labour government put a ban on pupil selection by interview and many of the ancillary processes these schools used to determine their intake. By introducing a points system see Catholic Points-based Admission School
Catholic points-based admission school
Catholic points-based admissions are the system used by some Catholic comprehensive schools in London and The Home Counties as over subscription criteria...
they have managed to maintain similarly high standards before the end of selection.
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School is a Roman Catholic voluntary-aided comprehensive school in Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. And formerly one of several Selective Catholic Schools in England....
and The London Oratory School are famous for selecting and subsequently educating the sons of many politicians; including all 4 of Tony Blair's sons and his daughter in the sixth-form.