An area of concern for some parents is the so called
catchment zone. We are aware that that
house prices and occupational status helps to develop a community. An indirect
consequence must be some schools becoming more desirable than others.
There could be an argument that the parents of prospective
grammar school children would wish that their loved ones would aim for a
professional education. Way back in 1963
Musgrove wrote about the Migratory Elite. This covered the migration of grammar
school children from their home communities to areas where they could find
professional employment.
The 1944 Education Act tried, in part, to free children from
their geographical boundaries. The Eleven Plus examination attempted to give
educational and academic opportunities to a wide range of children. But where
some grammar schools wanted children from a narrow and restricted area – other
grammar school threw their net a s wide as possible in an attempt to be able to
offer places to a much wider population.
Pupil A
“Yes please. I would like to go to a grammar school. It will
offer me so much. My parents really want to give me the opportunity to do
well.”
Pupil B
“My parents told me to please myself.”
Pupil C
“There has never been any question about it. I am going to
be a farmer just like my father, and his father before.”
It would be interesting to see the relationship between home
back ground and future career choice.
