Possibly but like I said, probably no more so than any other Northern town. And just because a town like Burnley has an Asian population doesn't make it any less insular. Have you ever been there? I would say it was worse than here.

Warrington will still attract people from outside the area that will continue to be the case as this area seems to be suffering less during the downturn and there still appears to be plenty of employment opportunites.

Easy to knock this town but it has a lot going for it.

I'm not knocking Warrington at all. As I said earlier, I love it.

Where is this bit on the Ofsted report about non-British pupils by the way?

It was in a report they sent home a couple of months ago. To be fair I think it referred to denominational religion. My youngest go there as well and it is quite clear when you look at the classes.

Never ceases to amaze me as it is a C of E funded school.

Faith -based schools do attract other religions as they are open to the concept of faith generally.

From the 2001 census at www.statistics.gov.uk/: People born in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland living in Warrington: 185,961 or 97.32% People born elsewhere living in Warrington: 5,119 or 2.68% Compared to the National proportions of 91.68% to 8.32% and the North West proportions of 95.76% to 4.24%

From the 2001 census at www.statistics.gov.uk/: People born in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland living in Warrington: 185,961 or 97.32% People born elsewhere living in Warrington: 5,119 or 2.68% Compared to the National proportions of 91.68% to 8.32% and the North West proportions of 95.76% to 4.24%

And from: www.warrington.gov.uk/Images/Pop ... -31293.pdf Warrington Borough Migration - Mid 2002 to Mid 2007 In Out 2002 - 2003 500 600 2003 - 2004 700 700 2004 - 2005 1,000 1,100 2005 - 2006 800 900 2006 - 2007 800 900 Overall 3,800 4,200 So in other words, from 2002 to 2007, 4,200 moved to Warrington from overseas.

And from: www.warrington.gov.uk/Images/Pop ... -31293.pdf Warrington Borough Migration - Mid 2002 to Mid 2007 In Out 2002 - 2003 500 600 2003 - 2004 700 700 2004 - 2005 1,000 1,100 2005 - 2006 800 900 2006 - 2007 800 900 Overall 3,800 4,200 So in other words, from 2002 to 2007, 4,200 moved to Warrington from overseas.

Up till August I've spent 18 months living in the Canaries. When I said where2 I was from the usual reply was "Isn't it that place on the news where they have metal detectors on the streets & they kick each other to death.

Pretty embarrasing to be honest.

No, I think it means 3800 moved to Warrington. 4200 moved out (and some of those may come from the 3800). Well, it's clear that the percentage in Warrington is very low.

I still want to know about Mark_M's school. I don't get that figure.

Why don't you get that figure? The school has a high proportion of non C of E kids in it. A lot of those are Asian of various religious denominations.
I suspect it is a lot higher than anywhere else in Warrington.

Is it that 15% are non-British? or non-C of E? or non-Christian?

Non C Of E.

Didn't know you were a Hannah Montana fan?

Good thread guys. Nice debate, points being bashed around etc.

So could be Catholic, non-Conformists, Muslim, Hindu and no faith.

But it is a faith school (as you have already pointed out). And considering I drop the kids off there most days it is patently obvious that many of them are of Asian origin.

What exactly is your interest in this or are you deliberately trying to score points by proving how superior you are?

No Mark, I'm not trying to score points at all. I've had instructions to behave.

I am interested in how the composition of a school reflects (or doesn't) the local community. Beyond that, I'm interested in Warrington's lack of diversity. I also have a professional interest in faith-based foundations. So all in all, quite an interesting topic for me.