“yes maybe we shouldnt be able to send our children out of county. But given the choice and opportunity then im sure most parents would choose the better option for their children. i know we will. our local secondary schools have all been given 3 years to improve recently as results are low. obviously with the option to go to a BANES school we will. As we will do wth primary schools, BCC are proposing to close my daughters primary school. Our local school is oversubscribed and the other is not an option shall we say. many parents feel this way and will plan to again move our children out of county. yes id love to send my children locally but until options improve then we will choose whats best for them.”

“Broadbeak, Heather Tomlinson came from Nottingham City Council. Nuff said.”

“The kids are more important than the tables.”

“Maybe children should not be allowed to attend schools outside their home county - i.e. Bristol children attending schools in North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. On the whole it seems parents of brighter children take this route so the less able are left to attend Brisgtol schools, hence the lower position in the tables!”

“As already stated, what did we do before these labour league tables were introduced? I am unusual, like squirrel, as I hated school and could not wait to leave. One GCSE was all I passed at 16 - under-achiever? nope, just could never remember all these facts, figures, deriving formulae or trivia parrot fashion. If the education was more applied than pure, your abitlity to do the work and NOT a memory test then more children may pass the exams. Why do we need all these people to study up to degree level and huge debt to the Student Loans Company when they may not have that ability? Anyway, as an older, wiser person I graduated with a science degree so does that make my poor school result bad teaching, laziness on my part, unachieving school or just the fact that I cannot remember how to derive electric current properties from first principles but know where to find the formulae and what to substitute into that formula to get the correct answer? So the conclusion is that under the school exam league table I was in the bottom 5% (or whatever) but I progressed at my own pace and have become a successful graduate. My motto in life is "do your best, its all you can do, enjoy life and do whatever you want to be happy". If that does not compute in these league "labels" then hard cheese.”

“i was taught at speedwell hated every minute of it i think it is down to the individual child not where they are taught.”

“How did we all cope before these league tables were introduced.”

“This isn't news. It's the same every year. Thats why my kids are being privately educated And no, I'm not rich and middle class before you all moan. It's a real struggle to make ends meet. But thats what you have to do for a decent education these days.”

“Maybe its time we sent state school kids back down the mines and up the chimmneys, and not waste money trying to educate them.”

“Well according to the tables I've seen Hull is actually rock bottom with 29.3%. So we must be sixth from bottom which is much better. Hurrah. Hey, hang on isn't Hull where we got our new Chief Exec from? Suddenly I'm depressed.”