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Letter - 17 February, 2004
Mr Andrew Jamieson
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQY
Happy that Rosebum is to become a sole feeder to Craigmount.
Given the number of pupils and location this is the best option for Rosebum.
Concerned by rabid rantings from parents of Gyiemuir Primary.
To pick on Rosebum, a much smaller school which does not provide a solution to their concerns, smacks of bullying.
For Forrester High to be outside its own catchment area is absurd.
Impressed by knowledge and professionalism of panel at Rosebum public meeting.
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Letter - 17 February, 2004
Mrs Sheena Kelman
X Wester Coates Avenue
Ednburgh
EHXX XLS
Son at Rosebum Primary
Extremely happy with proposal to feed Rosebrun to Craigmount.
Objects strongly to Tynecastle proposal.
Rosebum has no links with Tynecastle but well established links with Craigmount.
Rosebum is tiny compared to Gylemuir.
Rosebum lies on the edge of the Tynecastle catchment not the middle - many children would have to travel far.
The Russell Road route is badly lit and has hardly any pavement.
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Mr & Mrs Speed
XX Stair Park
Edinburgh
EHXX XHL
Strongly supports the decision for Roseburn to remain as a feeder to Craigmount.
The proposals build upon existing links between the schools.
Proposals also recognise that the security of the children is paramount.
Very concerned that the parents at Gylemuir Primary are waging a vociferous campaign to have the proposals
overturned.
Most of the Gylemuir children are within walking distance of Forrester.
If proposals are overturned, Rosebum pupils will face a two bus journey in rush hour or a dangerous walk along
Russell Road to Tynecastle.
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Email 18 February, 2004
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Miss Andrea Ford
XXX Broomhall Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XQQ
Forrester has its half day on a Wednesday whereas Gylemuir has its on a Friday. Will the Primary School change its
day to bring it inline with Forrester? If so, when?
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Email - 18 February, 2004
Mr Tom Pithie
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XX Saughtonhall Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XTR
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Happy with the proposal to realign Rosebum Primary School as sole feeder to Craigmount.
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Email - 18 February, 2004
Happy with the proposal to realign Rosebum Primary School as sole feeder to Craigmount.
Concerned that parents at Gylemuir feel they have the right to choose a High School for Rosebum Primary.
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Support proposal to change Roseburn Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
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Email - 18 February, 2004
Mr Alan Marshall
X Gogarloch Bank
Edinburgh
EHXX XLA
Recognises the need for review but there seems to be undue haste about it.
The bad feeling that came across at the Gylemuir meeting was caused in some way by the short consultation period
and the imminence of implementation.
Not in principle against realignment, however, proper consultation over this year would give people more time to
digest this and forge the necessary links with Forrester.
Realignment could be planned to coincide with the opening of the new school.
Asks Council to review statistics as it was clear at the meeting that there was some doubt and confusion.
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Letter - 18 February, 2004
Mr Keith Winton
XX Rosebum Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XNU
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Email - 18 February, 2004
Happy with the proposal to realign Rosebum Primary School as sole feeder to Craigmount.
This is a sensible option to help address over-crowding in city schools.
Concerned however by the level of vitriol being targeted towards Rosebum school.
No viable alternative to Craigmount exists.
The small number of pupils attending from Rosebum would have an insignificant effect on over-crowding at
Craigmount.
Letter - 18 February, 2004
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Mrs Lesley Winton
XX Rosebum Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XNU
Two children at Rosebum Primary.
Very please with proposal to give single feeder status to Rosebum.
Concerned by media coverage of the catchment review, particularlythe hostilityshown by the Gylemuir parents
towards Roseburn.
Only a small number of Rosebum children go to Craigmount each year.
It is wrong for Gylemuir parents to use Rosebum as a lever for their argument or involve Rosebum in their debate.
Gylemuir parents attitude towards Forrester High School must be dispiritingfor the staff and pupils.
Mr & Mrs Winton hope that pupils from Rosebum will continue to be allowed to move on to Craigmount High.
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Mr James Deans
XX Gogarloch Muir
Edinburgh
EHXX XJJ
Wishes to assert concerns over childrens future education.
Option 1wholly unacceptable.
Unimpressed by lack of ethos and the acceptance of low achievement at Forrester.
Forrester fails to offer 3 sciences.
Forrester focuses on disadvantaged children -what about average children?
Cultural affect of embracing leaving at fourth year may lead to child under achieving.
111 advised to increase the number of children attending Forrester during building work.
Question of how many houses will be built remains unanswered.
Option 2 is also unacceptable.
Standards at Gylemuir were improving before the building improvements.
Gylemuirs success is linked with the teaching skills of the staff.
This culture will be eroded by divisions and conflict between parents from differing catchment areas.
Option 3 is not an option - raises concerns about the transparency of the consultation process.
Option 4 would entail raising the standard of education at Forrester High before imposing the choice.
From Primary 1 pupils would know that Forrester would be their catchment school.
This option realistic in terms of population as the building work on housing at Craigs Road will not commence for
years.
Seeks assurance that sibling places at Craigmount would be assured.
Dismayed that the Director of Education was not at the Gylemuir meeting.
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Mr Michael Tumblety
XX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
EHXX XJD
Would like to express concern for the proposals within the Craigmount and Forrester catchment.
Option 1 is not an option.
If the council force Option 1 on the parents, the good and positive feeling of community at Gylemuir will be destroyed
and replaced with a very negative and dangerous future.
Will move are to ensure that choice as a parent is not compromised.
Option 2 will be detrimental to all pupils of Gylemuir and is not an option.
Option 3 must be taken by the Education Department.
A review that takes only 18 months before implementation is too quick.
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Was disappointed that the Director of Education did not have the decency to address parents. This shows a lack of
respect.
The meeting was a total waste of time.
When will questions be answered?
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Letter - 19 February, 2004
Ms Sarah Boyak MSP
Constitunency Office
XXA Stafford Street
Edinburgh
EHX XBU
Received several letters of support for the Councils proposal to make Rosebum Primary School single feeder to
Craigmount.
Only a small number of children involved at Rosebum.
There are long-standing links between Rosebum Primary School and Craigmount High.
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Email - 19 February, 2004
Mrs Karen Powrie
XX South Gyle Mains
Edinburgh
EHXX XEP
Parent of child at Gylemuir who believes he will go to the school of his choice.
Strongly disagrees with taking parents choice away.
Proposals are premature and inappropriate based on houses without planning permission.
Bad consultation, figures and answers.
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Letter 20 February, 2004
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Mrs Fiona Gaul
X Wester Coates Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XLR
Very happy with current proposals to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
There is no other option as Broughton is at capacity.
The number of pupils attending from Rosebum is tiny whereas Gylemuir is almost 100.
The number of pupils attending Craigmount has increased over the years and this is due to the increase in private
dwellings in the catchment area - parents objecting are directly or indirectly responsible for the problem.
Transport links to Tynecastle are not good.
The situation is becoming personal with a lot of parents losing sight of the main objective -what is best for the
education and development of their children.
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Email 3 March, 2004
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Mr Gordon Smith
xx/X South Gyle Wynd
Edinburgh
EHXX XEU
Email - 21 February, 2004
Oveiwhelming majority of people at the Gylemuir meeting were opposed to proposed changes.
Proposals seem concerned by building use rather than childrens needs.
Children at Gylemuir have been looking forward to going to Craigmount for years.
Projected school populations based on housing without planning permission.
Delaying the proposals would let parents plan what schools to send their children too.
Why is Corstorphine Primary not involved? Distances to Forrester and Craigmount are similar.
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Grandsons attend Gylemuir
Corstorphine & Rosebum catchments could be adjusted - not just Gylemuirs.
In the area which is most important to parents - exam results - Forrester does not perform well.
Council would be main beneficiary of a new school building with reduced maintenance costs and a more efficient
building.
New arrangements could apply to the 200415 Gylemuir intake.
Give children and parents the chance to get used to the new arrangements and for improvements at Forrester to
take effect.
This may give rise to temporary problems at Craigmount but these would simply have to be managed.
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Joanne Gunter
Very happy with current proposals to make Rosebum single feeder to Craigmount.
Object to suggestion that Tynecastle should be catchment High.
Route to Tynecastle is not safe along Russell Road.
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Due to it being a small school, changing Roseburns catchment would not provide a solution at Craigmount.
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Mr Brian Carson
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX WH
Very happy with Councils recornmendation for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Concerned by
~.reports that pressure from Gylemuir parents might change the decision and have Rosebum feed
Tynecastle.
Rosebum is a small school and would not solve the ammodation problems whereas removing Gylemuir would
make a huge difference and solve the space issues.
Tynecastle difficult to get to whereas there are lots of buses to Craigmount.
It is dangerous for children to walk along Russell road and the Council don't want to encourage driving children to
school.
Broughton is full according to Education Department stats.
Broughton difficult to get to number 38 bus infrequent and unreliable.
Neither Broughton or Tynecastle have the successful reputation of Craigmount.
As a teacher recognise that league tables are not everything, but Craigmount environment for learning has a proven
track record.
Belmont Gardens is closer to Craigmount.
Having visited Forrester - do not think the Gylemuir parents should run it down especially in view of the promised
upgrade.
They should have know about local schooling when they bought their houses (which would have been cheaper due
to concerns about local schooling.)
MP & MSP support for Gylemuir parents does not mean much as they are probably opposition parties anyway.
Their children will do as well at Forrester as they would at Craigrnount; probably better as the classes will be smaller
and there is more learning support.
Strongly encourage Education Department to stick to their guns.
We must see the whole picture and not the individualinterests of a relativelysmall group. That's democracy.
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Mrs Lesley Campbell
XXX Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQB
Supports proposal for Roseburn to soley feed Craigmount.
This is the only option as there is no direct route from Rosebum to Broughton.
Craigmount on a safe, direct route to Roseburn.
There is no safe route to Tynecastle.
Russell Road is not safe due to bad lighting and large amount of heavy commercial vehicles.
Driving to Tynecastle would cause congestion.
Would not be happy for children to make their own way to Tynecastle from Corstorphine Road.
Roseburn has no links with Tynecastle.
Letter 24 February, 2004
Mr Derek Whigham
XX Saughtonhall Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XRN
Support proposal to change Roseburn Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
Original proposals are logical and practical.
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Letter - 24 February, 2004
Mrs P Housley
X Kew Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX WE
Support proposal to change Roseburn Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
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Letter 24 February, 2004
Mrs D Hardy
XX Murrayfield Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XET
Support proposal to change Roseburn Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
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Letter 24 February, 2004
Ms Lindsey Galloway
XX Riversdale Grove
Munayfield
Edinburgh
EHXX XQS
Supports the Councils current proposal to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Gylemuir parents should not use Rosebum Primary as a reason for changing recommendations of senior Education
Department officials.
This decision should not be delayed.
If Council gives in to Gylemuir pressure, this situation will be repeated in all future proposals for all other schools.
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Letter - 24 February, 2004
Mrs G K Cameron
XX Riversdale Grove
Edinburgh
EHXX XQS
Supports the Councils current proposal to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Rosebum relativelysmall and arrangement satisfactory.
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Letter 24 February, 2004
Mr & Mrs Murdoch
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQY
Dismayed that opportunity to attend Craigmount is being removed from Rosebum area.
Safety is paramount and Craigmount is accessible safely.
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Letter - 24 February, 2004
Mr Chris Dalrymple
X Gogarloch Bank
Edinburgh
EHXX XLA
Concernedthat the views of many not being listenedto.
Main reason for house purchase was Craigmount.
Choice should remain until new Forrester is built.
Eldest attending Craigmount; younger brother will have this choice taken away causing enormous amounts of
stress, wony and sleepless nights.
House will inevitably have lost value.
There is clear evidence that catchment area affect property prices.
Will Council compensate residents affected or will they have to sue?
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Letter - 24 February, 2004
Mr Ian Moore
X Ormidale Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XDY
Wishes to object to possible reversal of decision to continue the Rosebum-Craigmount relationship.
Change of school would require use of the car when the children currently use a combination of public transport and
walking.
Route to Tynecastle is not practicalor safe.
Uncertainty for daughters is unsettling.
Would ask Council to hold the view that Rosebum continue to act as feeder to Craigmount.
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Email 24 February, 2004
Ms Roslyn Todd
X Saughtonhall Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XRF
Fully supports the Councils current proposal to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Moved to the area with understanding that Craigmount was the local school.
Any attempt to change decision will be met with opposition.
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Email - 24 February, 2004
Mrs Mary Curtis
Youngest at Rosebum; eldest at Craigmount.
Transition from primary to secondary is very smooth.
Very keen that feeder status is maintained.
Youngest would benefit from having elder sister around.
Would urge Council to maintain Roseburns association with Craigmount.
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Mr Alan Rae
X Saughtonhall Place
Edinburgh
Email - 24 February, 2004
Fully agrees with single feeder status to Craigmount for Rosebum.
Craigmount is the safest travel option for children.
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There have been strong links forged between the schools.
Continuity - ie, children recognising faces in the years above them is important.
Roseburn supplies a relatively small number of pupils to Craigmount and would free up little space.
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Very happy with the proposals to make Rosebum School single feeder to Craigmount.
Broughton will be at capacity and travel there is difficult for Rosebum pupils.
Would be very concerned if children were to traverse the Russell Road route to Tynecastle.
Option 3 would not be acceptable as this may mean prioritising catchment pupils.
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Email - 25 February, 2004
Ms Patricia Ormiston
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Most sensible decision from a transport and road safety point of view.
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Email - 25 February, 2004
Mr D Osbome
XX Wester Broom Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XRQ
Parent of one child at Craigmount and two at Gylemuir.
Strong preference for status quo to remain.
To remove this choice at short notice seems grossly unjust.
Forecasted numbers include expected children from new housing developments, which may not have actually
received planning permission yet.
Rosebum PS is georaphically a far greater distance from Craigmount than Gylemuir.
Would it not be sensible to realign Roseburn to the new Tynecastle High; creating more space at Craigmount.
Option 2 is totally unacceptable as it would have a negative divisive effect on children at Gylemuir.
The excellent community spirit at Gylemuir would be eroded.
Option 1 -better to postpone the effective date until the new Forester High has been completed.
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Letter - 25 February, 2004
Ms Paula M Fey
X Belmont Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XJF
Fully supports the Councils current proposal to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Clear, direct bus route with established crossings.
The only school in the area children can travel to safely.
Number of S I pupils going to Craigmount from Gylemuir is 6 times that of Roseburns.
Rosebum does not solve Gylemuirs problem.
Hopes the Council are not swayed by pressure from other schools or delay proposals.
Status Quo is not an option.
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Ms Diane Anderson
XX Balbimie place
Edinburgh
EHXX XJF
Mr David Caw
X Tranquair Park East
Edinburgh
EHXX XAP
Mr John Sutherland
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Daughter attended Rosebum and then Broughton.
Wholeheartedly supports proposal that Roseburn pupils feed into Craigmount.
Daughter did not enjoy the long walk or two bus journeys to Broughton.
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Son attending Roseburn, though out of catchment.
Chose Roseburn because of its feeder status to Craigmount.
Recent developments and enhancements have strengthened reslove to send children to Craigmount.
If the Rosebum/Craigmountfeeder relationship is altered - would have to reconsider position in Rosebum.
Hopes that proposals are implemented.
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XX Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
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Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Removal of Rosebum as feeder will not have impact on the number of pupils at Craigmount because Rosebum is so
small.
Write to express dismay and concern at the revolt against proposals for Gylemuir by Gylemuir.
Seeks assurance that those who shout the loudest aren’t collectively stronger to overrule.
Strong links already in place between Rosebum and Craigmount.
Tynecastle is neither feasible nor does it provide a safe route.
Letter - 25 February, 2004
Mr John Riddell
X Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Support the existing proposals for Rosebum to feed into Craigmount.
Long standing connections between Rosebum and Craigmount
Travel to Craigmount is by far the easiest and safest option for Rosebum children.
Email - 25 February, 2004
Mrs Shirley Caw
Son at Rosebum
Chose Rosebum because of its reputation and its feeder status to Craigmount.
Happy with the decision for Rosebum to have sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Difficult to send child to Broughton - requires several bus journeys which leads to safety issues.
The numbers Roseburn move on to Craigmount are minimal.
Travelling to and from Craigmount is much easier and means only one bus there and back..
Rosebum has a longstanding relationshipwith Craigmount.
Travelling to Tynecastle would mean walking down Russell Road which has no pavements and few pedestrians.
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Mr G Pettie
XX Gyle Park Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XNG
Would like to register opposition to review of the catchment area.
Gyre Park Gardens is no more than 400 metres from Craigmount.
Forrester is around 3 times the distance.
The fact that people from Rosebum area have access to Craigmount smacks of double-standards.
Suggest Education Department consider the Edinburgh to Fife railway line as the boundary line, not Glasgow Road.
Saved long and hard for house in Gyle Park Gardens - one of the major attractions was the catchment for
Craigmount.
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Mrs Jenny Carson
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXXXJH
Very happy with the decision for Rosebum to have sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Craigmount is easy to get to and a safe route, unlike Broughton and Tynecastle.
Removing Rosebum kids would not solve the problem of over subscription at Craigmount.
Rosebum has spent years building a good relationshipwith Criagmount.
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Mrs Alison Tonner
XXX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
EHXX XJE
Writinn to obiect to Drooosal.
Taking awaimy parental choice.
Do not want children to go to different schools.
Before moving into the area 10 years ago Education Department made it clear property was in Craigmount
catchment area.
Change is being proposed to allow for houses and pupils that don’t exist at present.
Pupils who presently attend Gylemuir should still have the option to attend Craiamount.
New school at Forrester should be built and higher standardof education proven before changing any catchment
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Mr Nigel Jeynes
X Traquair Park East
Edinburgh
EHXX XAW
Requests Council continue with stated policy of keeping Rosebum Primary as feeder for Craigmount.
Removing Rosebumwould have no impact on reducing the congested state of Craigmount.
There are no transport links to any other secondary school from Rosebrun that children may safely travel.
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area.
Forresters attainment of National exams is well below those of Forresters and the National average.
Is it legal to take away parental choice?
How does this affect Human Rights?
All catchment areas should be reviewed at the same time.
Why should Rosebum become a feeder school for Craigmount when it is situated much further away than Gylemuir?
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Ms Fiona MacKinnon
X Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQN
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Only 14 - 22 children affected at Rosebum; surely a school with a higher number of pupils could be changed.
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Mr George McEwan
Only sensible solution for Rosebum is Craigmount.
School and majority of parents support this.
Letter 25 February, 2004
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Ms Moira Tattersall & Mr Graham Smith
XX Murrayfield Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XDH
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Long and successful partnership between the two schools.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
Email - 25 February, 2004
Email 27 February, 2004
Dr Katherine Broughton
XX Campbell Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XDT
Email - 25 February, 2004
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Treasurer on Rosebum PTA
Long and successful partnership between the two schools.
Good bus links between Rosebum and Craigmount
Tynecastle would result in additional car journeys through the congested Rosebum intersection.
Status Quo would be unsatisfactory if this meant that each year children would be uncertain as to their High School
destination.
Letter 25 February, 2004
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One child at Rosebum.
Fully supports the Councils recommendation to change Rosebum to a single feeder to Craigmount High.
Ms Janet LB MacFie
XX Murrayfield Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XDH
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
Long and successful partnership between the two schools.
Mrs I Bouch
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQP
Incredible that Craigmount cannot accommodate the tiny number of children from Rosebum.
Original proposal was perfectly fine -why change it?
Mr Brian Bamet
XX Coltbridge Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XAF
Son in Roseburn Primary
Specifically moved to area because of schooling.
Very, very happy with current proposal of sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Craigmount is a safe, easy and direct bus route from Rosebum.
Roseburn has some links with Boughton but none with Tynecastle.
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Number of children going from Rosebum to Craigmount very small and cannot make a huge difference to any
potentialspace problems.
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Email - 26 February, 2004
Ms Ruth Baillie
XX Ormidale Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XEA
Parent with two daughters at Rosebum.
Extremely happy with proposal that Rosebum should have sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Council have approached the whole exercise in a very objective and rational way.
Criteria used in coming to proposals were well thought out.
Cannot see that the Council would create sufficient additional capacity by excluding Rosebum.
Craigmount is the easiest school for children in Rosebum area to get to. One bus on a regular route.
Very unhappy at prospect of children walking to Tynecastle.
Extremely unsafe for teenage daughters to be walking.
Roseburn has spent 16 years developing links with Craigmount.
There are no links with Tynecastle.
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Mr James S Sharp
XX Beechwood Mains
Edinburgh
EHXX XXN
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Mr Allan Todd
X Saughtonhall Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XRF
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
No other High School which children can safely and conveniently travel too.
Uncertainty is bad for the children, the schools and the area.
Make decision as soon as possible.
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Mrs Duff
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XJH
Live at Corstorphine end of Rosebum catchment.
One bus journey and safe crossings to Craigmount.
Complicatedjourney to Broughton
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Letter 26 February, 2004
Ms Karen Robertson
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to b e m e a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
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Edinburgh
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XX Broomhall Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XQA
Daughter attends Gylemuir Primary.
Under Option 1 & 2 daughter loses the option of attending Craigmount.
Moved to the area with choice of school a primary consideration.
Due to reputations of Craigmount and Forrester; envisaged sending daughter to Craigmount.
Pupils at Craigmount achieve higher than average standards compared to other schools in Edinburgh.
A proven track record increases the possibilityof daughter fulfilling potential.
Forresters performance may improve - but would like option of choice.
If the Council to steps to improve performance and conditions at Forrester parents in the area would be less likely to
send children to Craigmount.
Alternative solution is for pupils attending Gylemuir to retain the option to send child to either school. A date will be
set by the Council at which point children at Gybmuir will abide by the new catchment area.
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XX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburah
Proposals to send all Gylemuir children to Forrester in 2005 are unacceptable.
Chose to move to area and send children to Gylemuir on grounds that Craigmount would be catchment secondary.
Unacceptable not to guarentee places for siblings.
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Concerned that no moves have been made for all schools to have the same half day.
Option 3 still an option. School rolls are falling and proposed new housing has not even been approved.
Director of Education not attending the Gylemuir meeting was extremely disappointing.
Figures supplied by Education Depattment show a drop in roll numbers.
The short consultation period is unsettling.
It is of no benefit to anyone to increase the number of pupils at a school due to be rebuilt that continues to have a
level of academic achievement far below the city average.
To say that Rosebum pupils could not go to Tynecastle is totally unreasonable.
Dangerous Russell Road claim is ridiculous. Not an issue for many children currently at Tynecastle especially from
the Balgreen catchment area.
It is within reasonable walking distance Craigmount is not.
Better option for Rosebum pupils improved health, less traffic congestion and save the Council money on bus
fares.
Would welcome feedback on whose comments are taken into account in this review.
Comments from pensioners or childless couples with regard to falling house prices etc. would be the same city wide,
and as Gylemuir is a larger catchment area this would overrule any comments from Rosebum catchment area
people.
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Mr Alistair Shearer
XX South Beechwood
Edinburgh
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Mrs Mary Brownlee
XX Henderson Terrace
Edinburgh
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Wishes to register concerns over current considerations that will remove Rosebum as Craigmount feeder school.
Fully supports campaign that Rosebum retains its status as feeder to Craigmount.
Craigmount has links on a personal basis through family and friends residing in the area.
Would urge greater emphasis and consideration is given to transport links in the city.
No other secondary school will facilitate the safe transfer of child from house to school.
Direct transport links to Craigmount are in place ensuring a single journey.
Supports the proposal that Roseburn PS should feed solely into Craigmount.
Supports single feeder status generally as it eases the transition from primary to secondary.
Direct bus routes with Craigmount and the safety with which pupils can travel is of utmost importance.
No other secondary school offers such a safe and accessible route.
Councils original proposal (Rosebum feeding to Craigmount, Gylemuir feeding to Forrester) is the most logical and
feasible change.
Council is wrong to bow to pressure from other schools.
It should be remembered that Rosebum send only a small number of pupils to Craigmount at SI.
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Sharon McDougall
X Saughtonhall Grove
Edinburgh
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Mrs Diane Shearer
XX South Beechwood
Edinburgh
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Wishes to register concerns over current considerations that will remove Rosebum as Craigmount feeder school.
Fully supports campaign that Rosebum retains its status as feeder to Craigmount.
Craigmount has links on a personal basis through family and friends residing in the area.
Would urge greater emphasis and consideration is given to transport links in the city.
No other secondary school will facilitate the safe transfer of child from house to school.
Direct transport links to Craigmount are in place ensuring a single journey.
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Mr David Gaffney
X Saughtonhall Terrace
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Parent of child at Rosebum.
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Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Edinburgh
EHXX XQW
Direct bus route with well establish crossing points from Rosebum to Craigmount.
Rosebum has a long and successful association with Craigmount.
Craigmount the school of choice for majority of Rosebum parents.
Rejects proposals for feeder status to Broughton or Tynecastle.
Taking away Rosebumsfeeder status will not resolve the Craigmount accomodation problem.
Broughton will be at capacity and there is no direct bus link.
No safe route to Tynecastle - Russell Road has little pavement or lighting provision.
No single bus route from home to Tynecastle.
Hopes that decision will not be delayed and that the status quo will be rejected.
Mrs Judith Jamieson
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQY
Very happy with proposal for Rosebum Primary to soley feed Craigmount.
Craigmount is the only option for Rosebum.
Broughton will be full.
Tynecastle difficult to reach with no safe route available.
Rosebum so small it will not solve overcrowding problem if it is removed from Craigmount catchment.
Majority of Gylemuir pupils live closer to Forrester than Craigmount.
Some children walk past Forrester to make the 25 minute walk to Craigmount.
Astounded at level of animosity displayed by Gylemuir parents towards Rosebum.
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Ms Denise Dorrian
XX Riversdale Crescent
Edinburgh
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Letter - 26 February, 2004
Mr & Mrs Cunningham
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XJH
Parent of two children at Rosebum.
Delighted to see link with Craigmount proposed.
Concerned that another primary school is using bully-boy tactics to try and remove Rosebum from the catchment.
No other school is a safe journey from Rosebum.
Same music teacher at Rosebum and Craigmount means continuity. Would be a very sad to see this continuity end.
Removing the small numbers of pupils at Rosebum would not help the equation.
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Totally in favour of proposal to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Craigmount is the only viable and safe option -the only school with a direct bus route.
Rosebum has built links with Craigmount High.
Fewer links with Broughton and none with Tynecastle.
The number of children Rosebum feeds into Craigmount every year is minimal compared to the number Gylemuir
feeds.
Forrester High is closer than Craigmount for Gylemuir children and has the capacity to accommodate them.
Mrs & Mrs Muir
X Carberry Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHY
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
Long and successful partnership between the two schools.
Name Withheld
Very concerned by the campaign being waged by Gylemuir parents to prevent Rosebum children going to
Craigmount.
It is easy for Rosebum children to reach Craigmount using one bus.
Broughton and Tynecastle require at least two buses.
Pedestrian route to Tynecastle via Russell Road is unsuitable due to poor lighting and a lack of pavement facilities.
There are also a large number of heavy goods vehicles.
Gylemuir children all live within easy reach of Forrester.
Rosebum has spent many years forging links with Craigmount.
It has fewer links with Broughton and none with Tynecastle.
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Craigmount is the school of choice for Roseburn parents.
Hopes Council won’t allow Rosebum to be used a pawn in the Gylemuir argument.
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Ms Dorothy Smith
Very happy with proposals along with 80% of Rosebum parents.
Compelled to write because of pressure from Gylemuir PS.
As Rosebum feed 12-22 children to Craigmount S1 and Gylemuir feed 100, do not see that removing Rosebum PS
will make significant impact on release of spaces.
Tynecastle is not feasible because the Russell Road route is not safe.
Roseburn lies on the edge of the catchment area not the centre.
Rosebum has links with Craigmount but not with Tynecastle.
Son has special educational needs - a change to another school would be detrimental to his education.
Learning Support facilities at Craigmount have been exemplary.
Hopes Council will not bend to pressure and keep original proposals.
Letter - 26 February, 2004
The Occupier
X Coltbridge Vale
Edinburgh
EHXX XAG
Hopes that Craigmount school will continue to take pupils from Rosebum Primary.
Letter - 26 February, 2004
Mr & Mrs Barclay
X Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
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Extremely annoyed with suggestion that Rosebum might be removed from the Craigmount catchment area.
Removing Rosebum will not solve the problem for Gylemuir.
Gylemuir have a High School near them which they choose not to attend.
Rosebum need Craigmount so that they can travel safely.
Letter 26 February, 2004
J S Hodge
Writing to make Council aware of the strength of local support for the current proposals.
Removal of Rosebum would not sort the excess demand for places at Craigmount.
Well proven and readily available means of transport from the Rosebum catchment area to Craigmount without the
need for changing buses.
Email - 26 February, 2004
Mr Graeme L Duncan
X West Stanhope Place
Edinburgh
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Supports current policy of pupils from Rosebum progressing to Craigmount.
Expresses concern that alterations may be contemplated in the arrangement.
There is a long standing relationship between the two schools.
Direct bus route and established crossing points mean safety and ease of travel.
Letter 26 February, 2004
D A B Daulby
Secretary
Murrayfield Community Council
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQP
Support the Rosebum parents campaign for Craigmount to remain as the feeder school.
Only Craigmount affords a safe journey to school (one bus and controlled crossings).
The attendance of 20 pupils or so per year does not significantlyimpact on ammodation pressures.
There is no safe route to Tynecastle High - children would have to negotiate concealed bends and industrial
estates.
Rosebum has no connection with Tynecastle.
Increasedtraffic flow make the journey to Tynecastle dangerous.
Sorry to hear that the parents of Gylemuir School do not welcome the attendance of the small number of pupils form
Rosebum to Craigmount.
Rosebum parents do not want their children to be the focus of their anger.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mrs D E Maxtone Graham
X West Catherine Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHZ
Supports the proposal that Rosebum pupils feed to Craigmount.
In favour of keeping the status quo.
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Mr & Mrs Torrance
XX Rosebum Street
Edinburgh
Supports the proposal that Rosebum pupils feed to Craigmount.
Hopes Council will not bow to pressure from other schools or delay their original proposals.
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XX Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
No transport links to any other school
Removal of Rosebum would not ease congestion at Craigmount.
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XX North Gyle Park
Edinburgh
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Mrs Pauline Williamson
X Saughtonhall Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XRH
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Safe and direct bus route to Craigmount.
Hopes Council will not bow to pressure from other schools or delay their original proposals.
Removing Rosebum from the catchment will not solve the accommodation problem.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mrs A Watson
XX Murraytield Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XDF
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Safe and direct route to Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not delay the proposals.
Letter 27 February, 2004
Ms Bryony Stevens
XX Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Supports the proposal that Rosebum pupils feed to Craigmount.
Hopes Council will not bow to pressure from other schools or delay their original proposals.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mr & Mrs D Sime
XX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
EHXX XJB
Surely the possible increase in school population from the new housing developments was considered as part of the
planning for the new Craigmount school?
If not, then it is the fault of the Planning Dept and the parents should not be penalised for Council shortcomings.
Council needs to reduce catchment area by 250. Craigmount has capacity for 1400. Present roll is 1250. Spare
capacity of 150, requiring a reduction of 100. This could be achieved by removing feeder status from Rosebum.
Council has already bowed to pressure from Rosebum parents in the past who didn't want to send their children to
Tynecastle.
Many Gylemuir parents currently send their children to Forrester. Gylemuir School Board states that both schools
have long established links with Gylemuir.
Forrester being a strong candidate for investment reinforces the issue that it requires major upgrading and
significant investment to improve standards.
At least 3 years before pupils would enjoy benefit of investment.
Forcing children to forego a new school building and facilities in favour of a school that needs to be demolished and
rebuilt.
Why not wait until the new school is ready?
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Expressing opposition to sole feeder status from Gylemuir Primary School to Forrester High School.
Granddaughter is a Gylemuir Primary pupil.
Living next to Craigmount. Assists parents with childcare at present. To deny granddaughter a place at Craigmount
would mean (due to mobility difficulties) no longer able to assist with childcare. (Route from Forrester to North Gyle
too far for child to walk).
Burden on parents to find alternative childcare.
Parental choice is being removed.
Seeks clarificationon criteria adopted for out of catchment places should Option1 be implemented.
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There is another agenda involving school closures which would fall in line with recent press attides regarding falling
Primary school populations.
Suggestion that Roseburn school be given sole feeder status to Craigmount at the expense of children living on the
schools doorstep is ludicrous.
Why not amend the catchment for Rosebum to include Tynecastle High?
Parents from Gylemuir have as much right to freedom of choice as parents from Roseburn.
Russell Road is a much quieter thoroughfare and eminently safer than Glasgow Road.
Catchment Review should be looked at in entirety not on an ad hoc basis.
Some parents from Fox Covert Primary have already said they would welcome inclusion in the Royal High
catchment area. This would alleviate pressure on Craigmount.
Review refers to spare places for parent requests - how many places are available and what criteria will be used to
allocate them?
School liaison aspect is a smoke screen. Administrative tasks should not be a precursor for the removal of parental
choice.
Gylemuir pupils will lead to overcapacity at Forrester. This would be further exacerbated if the brownfield site
created by PPP2 is developed into housing.
Option 2 would seem fairer and would assist in school numbers placing Gylemuir on an equal footing with Rosebum.
Negative points for Option 2 are weak.
Friends attending the same High School will invariably be split up for a variety of reasons (chosing different subjects
etc.) Do not see efficacy of this argument.
Option 3 is not viable in the long term.
Delay review until after Forrester rebuilt, Particulary important in light of revelation of plans to create joint
ForresterlSt Augustines campus.
Maintaing status quo until August 2008 would be approved by the majority of parents.
Allow initiativesto come to fruition and deliver expected improvement in exam results.
A delay would alow parents the time to be better informed.
There is no existing pressure on Craigmount facilitites and won’t be for several years.
With Council options given supports option 2. Totally opposed to option 1.
Why have statements in the press stated that Option 1 is the preferred option of the Council? Surely this casts doubt
on merit of consultation as it appears decision is already made.
Fact that neither Ewan Aitken or Roy Jobson attended Gylemuir public meeting did not alleviate suspicions that
parental concerns will be ignored.
Option 4 suggested by the School Board would be the best way forward.
Hope that Council delays decision until 2008.
Email - 27 February, 2004
Ms Maureen Gilleade
XX Murrafleld Avenue
Edinburgh
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Supports the proposal that Roseburn pupils feed to Craigmount.
Hopes Council will not bow to pressure or delay their original proposals.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mrs Gail Graham
XX Riversdale Grove
Edinburgh
Chose property because of Rosebum and Craigmount - their reputation and the ease of travel.
Opposes any action that would alter Craigmount from being feeder secondary school.
Tynecastle not a choice for safety consious parents.
Would not allow child to walk along Russell Road I McLeod Street - extremely busy, badly lit, few pedestrians and
runs past industrialground.
Travel by bus would require 2 buses, unlike to Craigmount which requires 1.
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
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Email - 27 February, 2004
Ms June Lambert
Beeslack Community High School
Penicuik
EHXX XQF
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount
Tynecastle is not a safe option, requiring two bus journeys.
Russell Road is far too dangerous.
Letter 27 February, 2004
Mr & Mrs Connolly
XXX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
EHXX XJE
Support Option 2.
Moved to area having taken account of schooling when selecting a new home.
If Option 1were to go ahead would have to consider moving again.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mr S lvinson
XX Rosebum Street
Edinburgh
EHXX XPR
Support proposal to change Rosebum Primary to become a single feeder into Craigmount.
Hopes the Council do not give in to pressures from other schools.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Mrs S lvinson
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XX Rosebum Street
Edinburgh
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Ms Judith Gil
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
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Parent of two children at Craigmount want youngest to go to Craigmount as well.
As Rosebum is only sending small numbers to Craigmount, they must not be forced out by pupils from other
schools.
Support proposal for Rosebum pupils to attend Craigmount.
Supports proposals for Rosebumto feed Craigmount.
There has been a long association between the two schools and the public transport links are good.
No safe routes to any other secondary school in Edinburgh.
Strongly supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Disappointed if due to pressure from other schools this proposal was changed or delayed.
Moved into the area because of access to good local schools and the link between Rosebum and Craigmount.
Removing Rosebum from the equation would not impact on ammodation problem.
Letter - 27 February, 2004
Dismayed by the tone of recent calls from Gylemuir parents for Roseburn to be taken out of the Craigmount
catchment.
Removing Roseburn would not release many Craigmount places.
Broughton High is expected to be at capacity.
No direct bus route to Broughton.
Tynecastle is difficult to reach.
Russell Road is not a safe route. Would not let children walk to school along this route.
Many Rosebum pupils live too far from Tynecastle to walk.
Rosebrun has no links at all with Tynecastle.
Future housing developments in the area expected to increase the pressure on Tynecastle.
Very pleased with the proposal to re-align Roseburn Primary School to be sole feeder to Craigmount High.
Easy to reach by public transport.
Well establish links between the two schools.
Ms Sally Lindsay
X Stanhope Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHH
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Very happy with proposal that Rosebumwill become sole feeder to Craigmount.
Craigmount is the most accessible secondary school for Rosebum.
Brouahton & Tvnecastle not viable ootions.
Would be unhappy if child had to waik down Russell Road.
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Ms Margaret Alexander
X Stanhope Place
Edinburgh
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Very pleased that Rosebum will become sole feeder to Craigmount.
Rosebum enjoys strong links with Craigmount.
The route to school is safe and easy.
Tynecastle is an extremely long walk.
Russell Road is very dangerous (even for an adult).
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Letter 28 February, 2004
Ms June Adams
XX Coates Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XLG
Parent of Rosebum children.
Objects to losing Rosebums alignment with Craigmount.
Unhappy at prospect of disrpting plan for children to attend Craigmount.
Safe and straightforward joumey to Craigmount.
Facilitiesat Craigmount are 1' class.
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Mr Peter Heffeman
XX Riversdale Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XQT
Parent of Rosebum child happy with propsals.
Other secondaries lack transport links.
Concerned that Gylemuir parents are attempting to prevent Rosebum children attending Craigmount.
Rosebum only feeds comapratively tiny amount of children to Craigmount.
Rosebum children would free up 100 places; 250 are needed.
Forrester is a perfectly good school.
Parents could help improve the school by taking a more active interest in their childs development.
Gylemuir parents actions down to snobbery.
Craigmount is the only option for Rosebum due to safe transport links.
Forrester, Broughton and Tynecastle do not have safe transport links.
Gylemuir arguments about Rosebum being nearer Tynecastle do not stand up to scrutiny - most Gylemuir pupils
live nearer Forrester.
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Mrs Jackie Elliot
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQP
Rosebum Primary has good links with Craigmount.
Craigmount High is safe to get too.
There is a direct bus route to Craigmount.
Broughton High requires 2 buses or a long joumey on LRT No.38
Driving to Broughton will cause more congestion.
Tynecastle has no links to Rosebum.
There is no direct bus route to Tynecastle.
It is a long and dangerous walk along Russell Road and MacLeod Street which has poor lighting and pavements.
Happy with proposals for Rosebum Primary catchment to have single feeder status to Craigmount.
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Mrs Karen McKenzie
XXX Broomhall Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XQQ
Object to proposal that Gylemuir School should lose its dual feeder status.
Chose Gylemuir over Corstorphine PS.
All sons friends have more prospect of going to Craigmount as they live in Option 2 catchment or have older
siblings).
Children have added disruption of school being rebuilt.
Council website does not mention that Dual Feeder status is under review for Gylemuir.
Table of street names on website does not mention house numbers 35 to 113.
Delay catchment review until a) the council literature is amended b) Forrester is rebuilt c) investigate why Forrester
numbers are falling and Craigmount is over-subscriced.
Decision by the Council will affect housing situation.
A horrendous number of householderswill face the difficult decision of whether or not to move home.
The reason Forrester numbers are declining is that it is seriously under-performing.
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Mr John Baillie
XX Ormidale Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XEA
Two children at Rosebum
Extremely happy with proposal that Rosebum should have sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Huge tumout at Rosebum public meeting reflected how strongly the parents of Rosebum feel about this issue.
Council would not create sufficient additional capacity by excluding Rosebum children.
The easiest school for children in Rosebum to get to is Craigmount (one bus on a busy regular route).
Walking to Tynecastle - not a pleasant route given the heavy and industrial traffic that uses the road.
Extremely unsafe to be walking.
No links with Tynecastle.
Ms Tina Woolnough
Chair
Parents in Partnership
C/o Blackhall Nursery
Ravelston Park Pavilion
Craigcrook Road
Edinburgh
EHX XRU
Lodging an objection to proposals for changes to Forrester/Craigmountcatchment.
This review is premature.
Predicated upon housing developments not at planning permission Stage.
Planning may not be granted - it may be primarily flats or sheltered housing - an estimate of 175 pupils would
therefore be too high.
Removalof BroughtonlCraigmountdual feeder status for Rosebum is also predicated on housing developments at
the Waterfront which do not have planning permission.
This review is not predicated upon Education Department pupil roll projections.
Department does not have up-to-date roll projections to substantiate proposed changes. Most recent projections are
from 200U3 -which show decline in pupil role at Craigmount by 2007.
Craigmount feeders confirmed that the projected 2002/3 figures for this year are fairly accurate.
When Department was asked why review not based on its own projections; advised that there had been 20
unexplained pupils starting Craigmount in 2003 - that accurate forecasts would be difficult until an explanation was
found.
The full facts are not before us at this time.
This review is fundamentally unfair.
Families building their lives have expectation that their children would be going to Craigmount.
Request a seven year lead-in time to any change from status quo so parental expectation can be fulfilled.
Opportunity through PPP to build new relationship between Gylemuir families and Forrester.
Methodology used to summarise consultation has not been shared.
Not made clear how concultation results will be assimilated.
Summarising the consultation by taking majority view is too crude an approach.
Consultation process itself has been flawed.
Pupil post caused upset to children who read proposals.
Council representatives at Gylemuir consultation were unable to identify fundamental questions.
Preferred options should not be implemented until there is evidence to justify doing so.
In the absence of planning applications and planning permissions will be arguing that the review is premature,
inappropriate and negates the democratic process.
Mr & Mrs Montgomery
XX Gogarfoch Bank
Edinburgh
EHXX XLA
Writes to protest about proposals concerning Craigmount High School.
Unacceptable that children would have to attend different High Schools.
Major factor in decision to purchase property was the catchment area.
Only option acceptable is Option 3.
Option 2 would cause a huge divide between residents of the Gyle and South Gyle.
Not going to rely on sibling places becausethey are not guarenteed.
Rosebum should be re-aligned with Tynecastle.
Intake should be restrictedto pupils who live in the locality of the school.
Exclude pupils from Hillwood who live on the outskirts of the city.
If Roman Catholics from Fox Coverts can go to St. Augustines, why can’t the nondenominationalpupils go to
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Forrester or Royal High?
The behaviour of some of the Forrester pupils and parents at the Gylemuir meeting was appalling. Some Forrester
pupils were asked to leave by the Headmaster.
It's a great pity the Director of Educationand Executive Member of Educationwere not at the meeting.
At the very least, pupils who are currently attending Gylemuir should be allowed to go to Craigmountwith changes
brought into effect for pupils who have yet to enroll.
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Ms Pamela Sked
XM Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
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XX Broomhall Place
Edinburgh
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Entirely opposed to Option 1.
Fundamental right to parental choice being withdrawn.
92% of Gylemuir parents choose not to send children to Forrester in 2003/4. To implement Option 1 would
undermine the Councils principals that parental choice be respected.
Bought house so that child could go to Craigmount.
Grandparents will be after school carers and are only a few minutes from CraigmOUnt.
To Grandparentsfrom Forrester would be a bus journey on an unreliable bus service.
Forrester is consistently under performing.
Opposed to option 2 on the grounds that it does not respect parental choice.
Splitting the catchment would create irreparable damage to the community.
Children from Rosebum should not take preference over children from Gylemuir who live within walking distance of
Craigmount.
In favour of option 3 or the proposal put foiward by the Gylemuir school board.
Status quo until the council in a positiionto offer new ammodation at Forrester.
Would allow Forrester to develop their relationship with both pupils and parents at Gylemuir.
Allow the new initiative currently underway at Forrester High to come to fruition and deliver the expected
improvement in exam results.
Parental choice would be retained.
Allows parents a longer "lead time".
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Mrs Ann Greenhill
XX Gogarloch Muir
Edinburgh
EHXX XJJ
Made decision to send daughter to Corstorphine Primary, knowing that this is a feeder for Craigmount.
Living in Broomhall Place and attending Corstorphine PS, daughter will be removed from peers and placed in a
school (Forrester)where they know very few people.
What measures will be put in place to help children at Corstorphine Primary in their transition to Forrester?
Is Education Departments intention for Corstorphine PS to liase with Forrester in the same way that Gylemuir has
with both Forrester and Craigmount?
What support will be in place to help child when the rest of class go to Craigmount?
Out of Catchment application is unlikely to be successful as the majority of those attending Gylemuir Primary will do
the same.
Concern that Rosebum may cease to be a feeder for Craigmount is wonying for community.
Strongly supports campaign to maintain status quo.
Rosebum and Craigmount have close ties and have built a strong relationship.
There is a well structured and organised transition from Rosebum to Craigmount.
How do the Council intend stopping the use of relatives addresses being used to enrol children into catchment area
outwith where they stay?
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Email - 1 March, 2004
Mrs Karen Frost
X Roseburn Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XPA
Very happy with proposals to end dual feeder status and have Craigmount as sole school for Rosebum.
Extremely upset by the actions of parents at Gylemuir who have made a personal attack on children from Rosebum.
Email - 1 March, 2004
Ms Ann Anderson
XX Coltbridge Terrace
Edinburgh
Neighbours delighted with educational standards and resultant achievement of children at Craigmount.
Some parents can afford private education - this option is not open to all.
There should be a choice in schooling.
Letter 1 March, 2004
Patricia Deignan
XX Gogarloch Bank
Corstorphine
Edinburgh
EHXX X U
Seeks guarentee that all siblings will get places.
Agrees that exam league tables do not compare like with like, but fells that Craigmount is a much better school.
Child will not be going to Forrester.
Email - IMarch. 2004
Mr Barry Fraser
X Belmont View
Edinburgh
EHXX XJJ
100% in agreement with proposal to have Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Other schools using Rosebum as pawn in their argument.
Tynecastle is closer (as the crow flies)
Requires two buses and crossing a series of busy roads or a long walk along a very unsafe route.
Making a change to proposal will still not create enough space for all children at Craigmount.
Broadly agree with other schools desire to send their children to Craigmount, but do not believe they should be
making a case of an unrelated school.
Email - 1 March, 2004
Ms Audrey Bame
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Email - 1 March, 2004
Mrs Jane Fraser
X Belmont view
Edinburgh
EHXXXJJ
100% in agreement with proposal to have Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Tynecastle is closer but would involve either 2 buses and crossing a series of busy roads, or a long walk using an
unsafe route.
Disappointed at other parents making an argument over Rosebum.
Removing Rosebum will not create enough space for all of their children at Craigmount
Do not believe they should be making a case of another completely unrelated school.
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Letter - 1 March, 2004
Mr & Mrs MacMillan
XX Gogarloch Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XJA
Mr Tommv Sutherland
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Bought house believing children would attend Craigmount.
Parental right to choose being removed.
Object to the inclusion of Rosebum at the expense of Gylemuir.
Realignment of Rosebum would greatlt alleviate the pressure on Craigmount.
Exam resultsfor Forrester have been consistently poorer than Craigmount.
No confidence that child will fulfil potential attending a school in need of improvement in all areas.
Proposals could be delayed until a new school building at Forrester has been completed.
Delay would tie in with the completion date for the housing developments in the Craigmount area.
Director of Education and Executive Member for Education not attending Gylemuir public meeting was disgraceful
Gave the impression that the decision has already been made by the council.
Council representatives at the public meeting were often condescending and poorly prepared to answer basic
questions.
Disappointed by the lack of interest shown by Education Department to the angry feelings expressed at Gylemuir
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XX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
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Disappointed by the poor response to questions about the figures for future entry to Craigmount.
Believe that the expected pressures on the school roll at Craigmount are greatly over estimated.
Fall in primary school rolls will further reduce pressure after 2008
Current parental choice should be recognised.
Further housing developments on the ForresterBt Augustines will result in increasin pressure on Forrester roll.
Rosebums more logical option is Tynecastle - avoiding the need for subsidy of Public Transport costs.
Option two not as radical for the local community - those in the proximity of the new school are more likely to attend.
Three children attending Corstorphine Primary to prepare them for secondary education at Craigmount.
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Ms Wendy Ewart
X Westem Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XQF
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Tynecastle more difficult to access.
Craigmount has a long history of association with Craigmount.
Asks Council not to bow to pressures from other schools.
Letter 1 March, 2004
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Mr & Mrs Rigg
X Gogarloch Muir
Edinburgh
EHXX XJJ
Both local secondaries have excellent teachers and support staff.
Teachers are one thing, but peer pressure is more key to a childs development.
Concerned with the numbers of Forrester pupils that start smoking and underage drinking.
Daughter is aware that of the pupils r
fom her old primary who attended Forrester a higher proportion of these ends
up smoking, drinking or both.
Craigmount has a new school - environment is vastly better than Forrester.
Planning for people who do not yet exist over existing residents.
New residents may choose to send children to another local school or take advantage of public schools.
Delaying the decision would see existing plans come to fruition, persude Gylemuir parents that Forrester is a viable
alternative and allow completion of ne Forrester building.
Consultation appears to be window dressing -the decision has already been made.
Email - 1 March, 2004
Mrs Jane Sutherland
XX Gogarloch Syke
Edinburgh
EHXX XJB
Would like to indicate support for options 2 & 3.
Concerned that given the disparity in exam results and educational quality, children will be forced to go to a
considerably inferior educational standard school (Forrester).
Concerned that children from further away will continue to feed Craigmount.
Letter - 1 March, 2004
Mr Donald J Ferguson
XX Forrester Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XAE
Strong objection to any proposal to alter Rosebum feeder status.
Eldest daughter will attend Craigmount - ludicrous if younger sister had to attend a different school.
No suitable routes for travelling to Broughton or Tynecastle.
Craigmount is walking distance.
80% of parents happy to have Rosebum achieve sole feeder status to Craigmount.
Rosebum has 16 years links with Craigmount.
No links with Tynecastle
Links with Broughton not as extensive.
Ms Caroline Sutherland
XX Gogarloch Muir
Edinburgh
EHXX XJJ
Daughter made transition from Gylemuir to Craigmount smoothly - looking forward to repeating prooess with
youngest.
Upset to find out this might not be possible.
Extremely disappointed with lack of answers and failure of Director of Education to attend.
Objects strongly to change in choice as a parent for younger children to follow their elder sisters footsteps.
So many siblings wanting to attend Craigmount that this option will not be possible.
Letter 1 March, 2004
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Email - 2 March, 2004
Mr Jim Bain
Chairperson
Craigmount High School Board
X Mearenside
Edinburgh
EHXX XUQ
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League tables speak for themselves - concerned that child will receive a different level of education at Forrester.
Worried about the influence more socially deprived catchment will have on children.
Gylemuir children are being used to heighten the profile of Forrester.
Gylemuir parent choice is for Craigmount.
Rosebum has Tynecastle on its doorstep.
Children from Hillwood at Ratho have histroicallygone to Balemo High.
If children from Hillwood and Ratho didn't attend Craigmount surely it would mean Gylemuir pupils could continue to
feed into Craigmount?
175 children don't exist but will do due to building work; having priority over existing Gylemuir children and pupils.
Build the new Forrester and let it become a building that is comparable to the new school at Craigmount. Let the
parents then decide which is the better school.
Let things remain until 2008.
The Board of Craigmount High School register the view that Status Quo should not be considered as an option.
The current capacity of 1400 should not be increased.
Any further increase would have an affect on the education of students.
This issue should be addressed as soon as possible.
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Letter - 2 March, 2004
Mr Graham Newton
Gylemuir Catchment Focus Group,
XXX South Gyle Mains
Edinburgh
EHXX XHU
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Letter - 2 March, 2004
Mr Graham Newton
Gylemuir School Board Chair
XX Wester Broom Place
Edinburgh
Many questions still need to be answered, despite the recent Q&A sheet sent to all parents on Monday 1" March.
Imperativethat the council respects parental choice patterns.
Option 4 the way forward - Maintain the status quo until PPP2 (August 2008).
Status Quo until council in position to offer new ammodation at Forrester.
Allow Forrester to develop relationshipwith both pupils and parents at Gylemuir.
Allow the new initiativescurrently underway at Forrester to come to fruition and deliver improved exam results.
Let pupils and parents actively take part in the design and construction process of the new school at Forrester,
fostering a sense of community.
No apparent demand on existing Craigmount facilities during as the proposed new residential developments will not
be completed for at least 7 years.
The Board are only suggesting the postponement of the consultation, not the approval to realign after a new school
is built.
Parental choice should be cornerstone of any proposal.
Parental choice being championed for pupils of Rosebum.
Rosebum geographically closer to Tynecastle and well served by bus links to Forrester.
Neither Option 1 or Option 2 supports parental choice.
A result of Option 4 may be that parents are persuaded to the positive merits of Forrester.
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Email 2 March, 2004
Mr Graham Smith
Concerned by the unwarranted pressure on the Council to review the proposal to make Rosebum single feeder to
Craigmount.
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Remit of GCFG to act as focal point for issues relatingto Gylemuir Catchment Review. Focus group will collate all
questions and submit to the council. The group will then publish the response and distributeto parents and
interested parties.
1981 Educ Act: "take account of the representations of parents made a the meeting". How was this achieved at
Gylemuir public meeting with non-fuctioning audio and video links?
As neither Roy Jobson or Ewan Aitken was present at the meeting, a second meeting at a neutral venue (St
Augustines?) should be held.
Would Roy Jobson or Ewan Aitken be prepared to meet with the GCFG?
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The only feasible option for Rosebum is feeder status to Craigmount.
Tynecastle High lacks a safe route for children to travel.
Roseburn has established excellent links with Craigmount.
Crawford Lindsay
X Stanhope Place
Edinburgh
Supports the Councils proposal to convert Rosebum to sole feeder for Craigmount.
Broughton and Tynecastle have disadvantages in terms of travel.
Rosebum pupils tend to live in a corridor either side of the main road and can easily make their way to a bus stop.
Direct links exist to Craigmount.
Other schools would require driving which leads to congestion and pollution.
Rosebum has many links with Craigmount - especially in the area of music.
Small in comparison with Gylemuir, whose parents have been vociferous in their objection to Rosebums inclusion,
but weight of numbers alone should not be allowed to influence deasion making.
Councillor Jenny Dawe
City Chambers
High Street
Edinburgh
EHX XYJ
Councillorfor Gyle ward.
No parent should have qulams about sending a child to any school.
Forresters poor examination results over the past few years do not fill parents with confidence that their children will
attain their full academic potential.
Gylemuir parents feel they are being used as political pawns to raise standards at Forrester.
It was unfortunate that neither Director of Educationor Executive Member for Education were present at Gylemuir
meeting.
Absense indicative of lack of respect that Gylemuir views will be given say some Gylemuir residents.
Difficult to see how decisions on catchments throughout the city can be taken on a bit by bit basis.
To many, the notice of the Councils favoured option means that the result of the consultation is a foregone
conclusion.
79% of Gylemuir children went to Craigmount. 92% went to schools other than Craigmount.
Statement that one-fifth of Gylemuir already chose Forrester is not true for the most recent year.
Gylemuir and Craigmount have the same half day.
The Glasgow Road has never been seen as a deterrent to attendance at Craigmount.
Gylemuir PS is being treated in a very unfavourable way as regards taking notice of current parental choice.
Without knowing what the expected size of the new Forrester might be, difficult to asses effect that Gylemuir roll
might have on it.
May exceed the optimum 900 pupils per secondary.
Justification in the Consultation Paper for realignment is that residential developmentwill generate “upward of 175
additional pupils”.
Serious failing of the Consultation that not much detail of how this projection was reached.
No-one know what type of housing this development will be or even if it will get planning permission.
Gylemuir parent aggrieved they are losing their choice to the residents of houses not yet even on the drawing board.
Do not accept that there is clear evidence that Craigmount will be oversubscribed over the next 7-8 years.
Why should Gylemuir be treated any differentlyto Rosebum?
Rosebum children should go to undersubscribed Tynecastle High.
Rosebum children may live as far away as Haymarket. Gylemuir children are a 5 or 10 minute walk away.
Statisticson projected numbers of siblings and expected demand for places at Craigmount should be available.
Parents uncertain about how likely it is that siblings would be successful in placement requests.
Option 1 unacceptable to vast majority.
Option 2 divisive but attractive to those at “right“ addresses.
Option 3 acceptable for now and should be maintained until the new Forrester has been built.
Waitinn would allow Forrester to sell itself to Darents.
It will be clearer by then just what extra pupils will be generated by new residential developments.
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Email 2 March, 2004
Karen & Richard Avey
Supports proposals to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Craigmount is the only option that has a safe, direct route from Rosebum.
Tynecastle is not an option as there is no safe route and no public transport.
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Letter - 2 March, 2004
Mr R D Havill
XX Saughtonhall Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XRJ
Moved to area because of RosebumICraigmount.
Historical and geographical principles for link between Rosebum and Craigmount still hold true.
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Letter 2 March, 2004
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Mrs J W Gilchrist
X Murrayfield Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XDG
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Council should not bow to pressure from other schools or delay the process.
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Letter 2 March, 2004
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Mr D Foster
XX Riversdale Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XQR
Supports proposals to make Rosebum sole feeder to Craigmount.
Successful association with Craigmount should continue.
Choice of regular buses to Craigmount.
No other school in area offers safe, easy route to school.
Associations with Corstorphine area due to out of hours activities.
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Letter - 2 March, 2004
Mr & Mrs Page
X South Gyle Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XRP
Attended the Gylemuir Public Meeting.
Poor show that the video link did not work properly.
Deplorable that the two main people did not attend.
Thinks the decision has already been made.
David Lloyd got the green light even though residents were against the development.
There was minimum consultation with residents regarding the speed bumps around the Westerbroom estate, yet the
Council steam-rolled ahead.
Bought house because of good schooling.
Acknowledge that Forrester has received a good or very good report in many areas, however, overall the school
falls well behind in pass rates compared to Edinburgh charts.
Figures used by councillor at meeting didn’t match those downloaded from Council website.
New Craigmount was built too small. Optimum of 900 pupils is rubbish and just an excuse to fit the school into land
which used to be pitches and sell the rest for housing.
Falling birth rate in Edinburgh (PS amalgamations); does this not mean fewer pupils at Gylemuir?
Council is basing figures on housing developments that have not even passed at planning.
Why not realign Rosebumwith Tynecastle and Fox Covert to Royal High.
There are good transport links from Rosebum to Forrester.
Forrester has 736 pupils; adding 271 from Gylemuir would create overcapacity.
Craigmount High is within walking distance of the addresses in the Gylemuir area.
Why is planning permission going to be granted for new housing developments when there are not enough school
places nearby?
Option 2 would have a detrimental effect. It could cause friction between parents and pupils.
Leave Option 3 on the table so that parents have option to send children to Forrester once exam attainment levels
have improved.
Is there going to be another meeting to clarify the decision?
What was the outcome of the Human Rights question?
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Letter - 2 March, 2004
Mr John White
"Green Gables"
XX Brucehaven Road
Limekilns
Fife
Forrester ill performing despite a low roll.
References to areas in which Forrester excels but are not shown in statistics are irrelevant to most Gylemuir
parents.
Unlikely that those involved with University entry qualifications will be interested in the extra curricular activities
conducted at Forrester.
Socio-economic factors have a bearing on the approach of teaching staff and in the area of peer influence.
Children starting school at Forrester before 2007 can expect to contend with a building Site.
Those who choose to reside in the Gylemuir catchment area pay handsomely, not least with Council Tax.
Catchmentsshould remain until such time as Forrester has been set to rights in all respects.
The issue of differing half days should have been dealt with expeditiously at an early point.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mr Grahame Brown
XX South Gyle Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XRH
Opposed to proposal to change feeder status of Gylemuir Primary School
Disappointed in manner that public meeting was conducted in.
Meeting was tumed into a PR exercise for Forrester
Why was Forrester HT invitedto speak yet a request for Craigmount HT to speak was refused?
Is catchment review designed to increase schools standings in the league tables?
Relationship between Craigmount & Gylemuir is longstanding.
Number of children attending Forrester from Gylemuir is small compared to those attending Craigmount.
Attendance at Forrester the result of family history.
No sense of community created by people as far away as Haymarket attending Craigmount.
Rosebum dual feeder status the result of request by the Rosebum School Board.
Link between Rosebum and Craigmount does not have same historic link. (circa 1989)
Council figures presented at meeting do not show requirement to realign feeder status of Gylemuir.
Figures presented by Parents in Partnership group were from Education Department and more up to date.
Why are local children being denied the right to attend Craigmount in favour of children living outwith the district who
have an undercapacity school in their area?
Council giving no thought to children, families or communities.
Large number of children will be lost at Balemo High due to West Lothian school opening.
Ratho & Hillwood children can go to Balemo.
Cost of providing a bus service to Balemo not much different to current cost in bus passes.
Why is road safety for Gylemuir children now an issue when children from Tumhouse and Gogarloch cross a
number of major roads to reach Corstorphine Primary?
Rosebum children should go to Forrester - avoiding any major roads and with a well sited bus stop.
Has the legal question been answered? Would like confirmation of findings. If not, why not given that the
consultation closed on 4'" March.
Is the department aware of the friction between children living in different areas served by Forrester?
A number of incidents have resulted from children from Broomhouse and Carricknowe areas (Forrester pupils)
approaching Craigmount pupils.
While incidents happen so regularly this is a safley issue.
Only questions that supported the "preferred option" were answered in any depth.
Will answers to questions be given after a decision has been made now that the consultation period is over?
Requests that Status Quo be retained.
Mr Andrew Wallace
XX Broomhall Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XPQ
One child at Gylemuir; one at Forrester.
Agrees with Council proposal to align Gylemuir with Forrester.
Forrester a better school for all round education.
Negative publicity means children planning on going to Forrester will be victimised.
Council has mishandled the consultation - setting neighbour against neighbour.
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Council needs to persuade parents that children are not being thrown on a scrap heap by sending them to Forrester.
Divisions created by the council will not be helped by delay.
Class sizes are smaller, exam results will improve and people will come to appreciate it.
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Mr Ewan D D a w
W X Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Grandparent of child at Rosebum.
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
M Shapero
X Westem Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XQD
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Council should not bow to pressure from other schools or delay the process.
Letter 3 March, 2004
D Tumbull
X Coltbridge Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XAF
Parent of Craigmount pupils (ex. Roseburn).
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mr W Nicholson
X Saughton Hall Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XRL
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Jean R Russell
XX Devon Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHJ
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Transport and excellence of Craigmount the key factors.
Letter 3 March, 2004
Mr & Mrs Mclntyre
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQP
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Rewgnise importance of children knowing they will move to a highly recommended, safe and well established
secondary school.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mrs J Dawes
W X Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Supports current proposals to make Rosebum single feeder to Craigmount.
Council should not bow to pressure from other schools or delay the process.
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Mrs R Kennedy
XX Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQQ
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Letter 3 March, 2004
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Mrs H M McCulloch
XX Murrayfield Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XAY
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Council should not bow to pressure from other schools.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Anne Shepherd
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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X Abinger Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XDE
Council should not bow to pressure from other schools or delay the process.
Mr & Mrs J Aitchison
X Rosebum Cliff
Edinburgh
EHXX XAL
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Direct bus route ensures safe travel.
The number of children is small and would not affect ammodation available.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
Miss Adele M Stewart
XX Coltbridge Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XAE
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Lynne Wacton
X Devon Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHJ
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Gillian Glendinning
X Devon Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHJ
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Helen Petrie
X West Catherine Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XHZ
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Chris & Murdoch Campbell
WX Russell Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XPG
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
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Mrs I J Low
XIX Russell Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XPG
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Do not be pressurised into changing or delaying current proposals.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
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Mrs T Whithe
XX Riversdale Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XQT
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
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Ms Mary Taylor
X Saughtonhall Grove
Edinburgh
EHXX XRQ
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised into changing or delaying current proposals.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Gail Scott
Moved to Corstorphine to be closer to Craigmount.
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XX Tylers Acre Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XJE
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J Stewart
X Belmont Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX N E
Does not want to be told that she wil have to move again.
Craigmount well serviced by buses and has good crossings.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
A G Dempster
X Belmont Park
Murrayfield
Edinburgh
EHXX XJL
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Would have to travel great and awkward distance to nearest secondary.
Craigmount a straightfotward bus ride away.
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Letter - 3 March. 2004
Ms Jillian Paterson
XfX XX Rosebum Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XNG
Rosebum Primary does not make a huge difference to Craigmount.
Why disrupt a school with a sense of community and support’?
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Letter 3 March. 2004
Ms Margaret Renton
XX Saughtonhall Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XRB
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Craigrnount offers safe effective transport to school.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised into changing or delaying current proposals.
326
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mrs Gillian Nuttall
XX Riversdale Grove
Edinburgh
EHXX XQS
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council will continue without delay.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
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Miss J B Bair
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XJH
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Long and successful link between the two schools.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
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Ms Jeni McGill
XX Rosebum Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XNR
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised into changing or delaying current proposals.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Christine Gaughan
XX Riversdale Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQY
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by other schools into changing current proposals.
Rosebum numbers will not affect ammodation problems.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Caroline Murray
XX Riversdale Grove
Edinburgh
EHXX XQS
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
Ms Jean Adams
X Belmont Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX XJF
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by other schools into changing current proposals.
Why should Rosebum suffer due to new houses being built on the old Craigmount site?
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
P Dalgleish
XX Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQB
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by other schools into changing current proposals.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Jenny Carson
XX Belmont Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XJH
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Craigmount is the only secondary which is easy and safe to get to.
Rosebum has had a long association with Craigmount.
Removing Rosebum would not solve the problem of not enough places at Craigmount.
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Letter 3 March, 2004
Mrs A Murray
XX Rosebum Place
Edinburgh
EHXX XNN
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Craigmount has direct transport links to the school.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
A Dickson
XX Coltbridge Gardens
Edinburgh
EHXX XAQ
Why try to fix a system that has worked well for years?
Solution is going to affect 20 kids and upset the longterm plans of many parents.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Miss L Robertson
XXX Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EHXX XQB
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised into changing current proposals.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Dr David J Hamilton
XX Belmont Gardens
Murrayfield
Edinburgh
EHXX XJD
Supports proposals for Roseburn to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised into changing current proposals.
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Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mrs Susan Hogg
X Saughtonhall Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XTW
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Strong links with Craigmount; much more than with Broughton.
No links with Tynecastle.
Craigmount is the only option because:
No direct route to Broughton which is full anyway.
Route to Tynecastle is very unsafe with insufficientpedestrian access and lighting.
Removing Rosebum from Craigmount does nothing to solve the ammodation problems.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by Gylemuir into changing current proposals.
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Email 3 March, 2004
Mr Jason Hogg
X Saughtonhall Drive
Edinburgh
EHXX XTW
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Proposals will enable a stronger, more focused relationship to continue between Rosebum and Craigmount.
Hopes the Council will stand firm on proposals.
Sensible proposal given the availabilityof transport and the lack of any credible, safe alternatives.
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APPENDIX 2 SUMMARY OF LETTERS & EMAILS RECEIVED (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
REVIEW OF SCHOOL CATCHMENT OPTIONS FOR PUPILS LIVING WITHIN THE CRAlGMOUNTAND FORRESTER CATCHMENT AREAS
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Ms Susan Fey
X Belmont Terrace
Edinburgh
EHXX WF
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by other schools into changing current proposals.
Craigmount the only school with a direct bus route and established crossings.
Removing Rosebum from Craigmount does nothing to solve the accomodation problems.
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Mrs L Cook
XX Rosebum Street
Edinburgh
EHXX XPN
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
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Ms Annie Norman
XX Lansdowne Crescent
Edinburgh
EHXX XEH
Letter 3 March, 2004
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Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Denying two dozen children the right to attend Craigmount would be a mindless exercise, putting numbers &
statistics before communites and parents choice.
Letter 3 March, 2004
Mrs S Porter
XX Saughtonhall Avenue
Edinburgh
EHXX XRN
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Lived in area for 12 years so that children could attend Rosebum and Craigmount.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mr & Mrs M Mulvaney
XX Craigs Park
Edinburgh
EHXX XUL
Wishes to express opposition to sole feeder status for Gylemuir to Forrester.
Granddaughter is currently a pupil at Gylemuir Primary.
Lives a stone throw from Craigmount High and were looking forward to granddaughter attending there as it would
make life simpler. (Care for child while parents work).
Child to young to travel from Forrester to Craig Parks on her own.
Do not accept that housing is the reason for the review.
Craigmount should have been built with extra capacity.
Ifthe new housing is to be developed in the near future then would agree with Option 2.
Letter - 3 March, 2004
Mr Alasdair Deignon
XX Gogarloch Bank
Edinburgh
EHXX XLA
Wish to register disappointment and concern at the manner in which the review has been handled.
Sibling child at Gylemuir looking forward to joining sister at Craigmount.
Little reassurance provided that sufficient space would be available to accommodate placing requests from siblings
in the area.
Cannot understand why recommendations are having to be implemented with very little notice and with little account
of public feeling on the issue.
Disappointed that proposals to amend the catchment areas were not timed to coincide with the opening of the new
school.
A lack of foresight in the planning process will undoubtedly force many parents to consider relocating within the
catchment area.
Email - 3 March, 2004
Mr Andrew Gosden
X Westem Place
Murrayfield
Edinburgh
EHXX XQA
Supports proposals for Rosebum to feed Craigmount.
Hopes the Council are not pressurised by other schools into changing current proposals.
Ms Margaret Smith MSP
Accepts that change required: option 3 not sustainable.
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APPENDIX 2 SUMMARY OF LETTERS & EMAILS RECEIVED (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
REVIEW OF SCHOOL CATCHMENT OPTIONS FOR PUPILS LIVING WITHIN THE CRAIGMOUNT AND FORRESTER CATCHMENT AREAS
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Equal Opportunities Committee
Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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By declaring Option 1 "favoured option", Council is ignoring parentall wishes of 88% of Gylemuir parents.
92% chose not to send their children to Gylemuir.
Raised issue of Human Rights legislationwith Peter Peacock, Education Minister at Question Time. Awaiting
response.
Gylemuir parents angry that rights being denied in favour of people who are yet to move in; to houses that are yet to
be built.
The Education Department is second-guessing the planning process.
Rosebum also has Tynecastle High on its doorstep. Tynecastle is under-utilised and subject to PPP2 rebuild.
Council should consider that there is a direct bus route from Rosebum to Forrester.
Offers "Option A":
Not allowing non catchment area children will reduce roll by 94
Rosebum to Tynecastle would free 106 plaCSS.
Roll forecasts show a drop of 31.
Newly refurbished Forrester might attract a larger number of Gylemuir pupils.
Reasonable to argue that 250 places can be found.
Offers "Option B" as a combination of Option A and small redrawings of Gylemuir catchment (as per Option 2).
Offers "Option C" - Go ahead with Option 1 in August 2008.
There is no good reason to rush headlong into these changes in 2005.
Delaying implementation would allow a period of greater integration between Forrester and Gylemuir.
Delay would alow building work to be completed with minimum disruption.
It would allow Forrester breathing space to work on improving prefomance indicators and exam results.
On the basis of indicators, children are more likely to fare better at Craigmount than at Forrester.
27% of ex-Gylemuir pupils make up S5&6 whereas overall Gylemuir presence is only 11%.
Gylemuir pupils will do well no matter what school they attend.
The reality is that exam results are what is needed to progress to Higher Education or a decent job.
There needs to be greater liaison between Gylemuir PS and Forrester (parents, pupils and staff).
Education authority should not be content with situation where only 4% of pupils at Forrester achieve three or more
Highers in year compared to 32% at Craigmount.
Concerned that the Council has chose to go ahead with consultation process before outcome of PPP2 bid was
known.
This sends message that the council had already decided on its preferred option.
Mr Jobson and Cllr Aitken's absense from the Gylemuir meeting was very unfortunate.
Not all parents were able to make representation due to broken audio and video links. It is suggested that this is a
breach of the 1981 Education Act, 22A Para 2.
Concerned that decisions area being taken about each catchment sequentially rather than on a city wide basis.
A number of parents are concerned that the Council have already made up their mind and won't listen as a result.
Hillwood PS should continue to feed Craigmount because of direct bus route.
Concerned that iron guarantees couldn't be given to parents about siblings going to Craigmount.
LElTERS RECENED AFTER THE CONSULTATIONPERIOD END (After 3 MARCH, 2004)
13 from Roseburn Parents
1 from Fauldburn Parent
2 from Gylemuir Parents