Max Power Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Four hundred fewer kids attending schools on the island, we had better get that new Castle Rushen school built? https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/almost-400-fewer-pupils-in-islands-schools-this-year/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 It'll be fine in nine month's time, Reayrt Mie is at least 75% full of imported civil servants, they'll all be breeding like mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Some people have starting importing their own.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, Max Power said: Four hundred fewer kids attending schools on the island, we had better get that new Castle Rushen school built? https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/almost-400-fewer-pupils-in-islands-schools-this-year/ More worrying is the dropoff in sixth form numbers, that's a huge proportion - 30%! What's going on there? Apprenticeships / college up? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, Mercenary said: More worrying is the dropoff in sixth form numbers, that's a huge proportion - 30%! What's going on there? Apprenticeships / college up? Yes, less kids staying on for A levels and then going to uni. I am not sure why it’s worrying, I would say it good that businesses are offering young people opportunities and they aren’t saddling themselves with debt and as many pointless degrees as there have been over the last 20 years. As for the general decline in numbers of young people and school kids surely it’s no surprise to anyone? Its been evidenced to have been happening for a number of years and talked about regularly, especially by Paul Craine. Its one of the reasons I can’t help but smile when uninformed people talk about the planned rise in population and that the schools won’t cope. At the rate we are going now school intake figures will only continue to fall and schools will have to downsize without us importing more kids. I don’t believe that is good for anyone. Kids need to be prepared for the real world and tiny schools aren’t the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 22 minutes ago, Mercenary said: More worrying is the dropoff in sixth form numbers, that's a huge proportion - 30%! What's going on there? Apprenticeships / college up? Since the 2011 up to the last census, 1000 under 30s have been leaving the island every year. Therein lay the answer. Meanwhile, we've imported a lot of older people, who are aiding driving them out. . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Albert Tatlock said: Since the 2011 up to the last census, 1000 under 30s have been leaving the island every year. Therein lay the answer. Meanwhile, we've imported a lot of older people, who are aiding driving them out. Couples putting off having kids through being mortgaged/rented to the hilt too? Possibly a falling population meaning fewer kids, if you don't happen to believe the official Census headcount? I've got family and friends whose younger family members have departed, seeking better opportunities and lower costs in some cases, plus the perennial argument about lack of entertainment and socialising. There's a lot of work to be done in respect of making these generations want to stay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 11 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Since the 2011 up to the last census, 1000 under 30s have been leaving the island every year. Therein lay the answer. Meanwhile, we've imported a lot of older people, who are aiding driving them out. . I think that describes the general downward trend in children in school years (e.g. 3% year on year down) amongst other factors such as lower birth rates, but not the sudden 30% drop across consecutive years in sixth form numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 5 minutes ago, Mercenary said: ...but not the sudden 30% drop across consecutive years in sixth form numbers. Where is this so called 30% drop referenced? Does not make sense as a percentage, given what's in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 2 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Where is this so called 30% drop referenced? Does not make sense as a percentage, given what's in the article. What? Did you read the article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 8 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Where is this so called 30% drop referenced? Does not make sense as a percentage, given what's in the article. Quote Last year, years 12 and 13 comprised a total of 1,119 students across five schools, but this year that's fallen to 815. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 minute ago, Mercenary said: Either he didn’t read it, can’t do maths, or is being pedantic about a couple of percent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 33 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: older people, who are aiding driving them out. Skewing the percentage figures surely??? A Granny arriving on the Island doesn't necessary mean that a 'Youffe' has been removed but the percentage may show a slew in the ratios??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Just now, Kopek said: Skewing the percentage figures surely??? A Granny arriving on the Island doesn't necessary mean that a 'Youffe' has been removed but the percentage may show a slew in the ratios??? There is also the fact that the more old people who are here, the less the place is attractive to younger people and so they are more likely to leave. People might not like it, but it’s true. Young people want to live in areas with other young people and the related facilities and activities. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Where are these figures published, as I can't see it on the DESC web site ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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