Fortismere School's Musical Ability Places

Fortismere School in West Haringey offers 24 places for musical ability at the school, with the assesment of prospective students being carried out last month, with registration taking place in July. However, by the time parents received their information pack in mid-September, the opportunity to register for the assesment was long gone. Only parents who lived near the school or had some connection with it will have known of the musical ability places (which were designed to be open to pupils from the whole of Haringey), with parents towards the East of the borough being left uninformed and deprived of an opportunity.

Commenting on the failure to appropriately communicate the availability of 24 musical ability places for students across Haringey at Fortismere School, David Lammy said:

“A number of parents have now approached me with concerns regarding the fact that the 24 musical ability places at Fortismere School were kept hidden from most parents even though they were open to all children from across the borough.”

“There are some fantastically talented young musicians in the East of the borough that could have really benefited from attending Fortismere, it beggars belief that the places were not appropriately advertised so that everyone had a fair chance of getting a place.”

"Music is a real success story on this side of the borough, it is incredibly disappointing that the opportunity wasn't extended properly to students from the entire borough."