Paedophile nutter

[legend_mark5]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Paedo phile-James-Chester-Tricked-His-Way-Into-Schoo l-And-Abducted-13-Year-Old-Girl-In-Portsmouth/ Article/200809215095229?lpos=UK%2BNews_4&lid=A RTICLE_15095229_Paedophile%2BJames%2BChester%2 BTricked%2BHis%2BWay%2BInto%2BSchool%2BAnd%2BA bducted%2B13-Year-Old%2BGirl%2BIn%2BPortsmouth


Whats the country coming to ?Surely a 22 year old couldn't look 13 ?And don't they do more stringent checks on who's who at schools ?

[andy-hughes]

Probably not - but if you read the story - this was in 2005, and he was nineteen, and probably posed as a fifth / sixth former - perfectly feasible.

[sp1814]

Could someone who knows, please tell me what 'year 10' is?

Is that the same as 'sixth form' (ie 16 or 17)?

[andy-hughes]

Year 10 is the old 'fifth form'- 16 /17.

[legend_mark5]

I did wonder but wasnt sure what year ten was myself.
Does make you wonder about checks still.

[joggerjayne]

I think it's 4th Form, Andy.

Year 1 = Infant 2

Year 2 = Infant 3

Year 3 = Junior 1

Year 4 = Junior 2

Year 5 = Junior 3

Year 6 = Junior 4

Year 7 = 1st Form

Year 8 = 2nd Form

Year 9 = 3rd Form

Year 10 = 4th Form

So any pupil in Year 10 will start the school year aged 14, and will have their 15th birthday during that school year.



D T H ???? (he he)

[sp1814]

Okay...I can see him getting away with that.

The rest of the story is pretty mind-blowing. I mean - in my day, you had to attend a meeting with the school head with your parents and have an interview before you were accepted as a pupil.

There would also be a paper trail between your new school and the one you'd left (detailing reasons behind the change).

Mad.

[legend_mark5]

But wasnt the girl only 13 ?

are we missing ayear here ?
in scotland youhave

primary 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
then 1st year , 2nd year , 3rd year , 4th year .

that would make year 10 3rd year ?
i think.

[Kromovaracun]

If I remember right (and I'm just out of Sixth Form, about to start Uni), secondary school ends at year 11 - I was 16 when I left. So I guess Yr. 11 is about 15/16, which would make Yr. 10 14/15.

I know Year 9 is also about 13/14 because I remember having a crush on someone who had gone back a year and was thus a year older - and they were 14 at the time.

[bednobs]

people are 4-5 years o;der than their "year" so year 10 would be 14 and 15 year olds