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New schools tend to attract parents from miles around in some cases - that's why they fill up so quickly ...

Jill

I wasnt given a middle name as a child, The a couple of years ago I had one of those daft 5 mins when I thought I want a middle name lol.
So by deed pool I added Mackereth its a family name on my dads side. So I put that one the census form.

I was sooo tempted ot put my daughters dog on the form as well hes 11 Id have loved to see the faces of furture family menbers looking up the 2011 census thinking ...who the hell gave birth to Harvey Lennon Todd lol.

Elaine Mackereth Todd

Bearing in mind some of the people I meet each day at work, those of us who have included our middle names will be the least of their worries!

i also put down middle names

and also put AKA down for my daughter as she changed her first name by depoll so i put new and old name just in case some one gets confused in a 100 years time

the only thing i was disaponted about was i had to get an exstened form and left her and her son till last and was not able to comferm her as gransons mother although he was tick of as being my granson

I have 17 letters in my two first names but they only gave 15 little boxes anyway

jax

I also put our middle names, that is our full names. Don't really care if it is not right.
Hilary. x

As you say IslandInTheRain we grew up with it, not a problem....but I am not a christian so I should not use it

jax

I have 3 forenames(or is it four threenames) I entered them all as I am called by my 3rd forename.

David

If you are a christian of course you have a 'christian name' and there's nothing wrong with saying so.
A lot of older people grew up using the term 'christian name' across the board without giving it a second thought.
To use that term on documents which are distributed to our multicultural society is inappropriate. Nothing pc about it.

I worked in the city in a very large branch with well over 100 people, last time I popped in for a look it only looked like the had a dozen staff....thats computers for you, I never liked them

jax

i guess i too was brought up with christian name, never gave it a second thought.

going back years i remember the inspections every 4 years. they stayed for 6 weeks and followed you everywhere making notes. dont miss it a bit, the stress that is, but the staff were like a big family and looked out for each other. sadly jobs today are not the same today, nor the people.
florence

I think in future if ever asked my for my christian name I shall say "I hav'nt got one"

jax

Sue
It isn't about 'pc', it's about facts. Jewish people, for example, do not have 'christian' names.

Just filled the form in online and on the original form they have sent out it says""First Name"" ""Last Name""

Too much pc going on as it should say Christian name then Surname..

I have put both my christian names in the form online...

I cannot recall seeing christian name on documents although OH says he has

It was just something we grew up with really...now its wrong to use it

jax

If the census is just to provide statistics for future planning, why do they need names anyway?

Just off to post ours now.

IGP - thought about asking you a while ago about the green ink but all the stomach fluttering caused by the knock on the door at 5 past three came back!

How does a person have a christian name if they have not been christened into that faith?
The term 'forename' has been used on documents for decades as persons of other religions do not have 'christian' names.

Some are offended by the use of "christian name" it does'nt bother me its just something we took for granted years ago although I am not a christian, never gave it a second thought in the past

jax

The form asks for First Name and Last Name, so Jill, no one should be offended.

Statistical info is available from Other sources but the problem is that is is incomplete and inconsistent, and in some cases difficult to obtain in the way that is needed for planning. The idea is that over the next ten years the ONS will look at ways of using this information, filling in the missing bits with the idea that there will be no need for further censuses.

Jill,

Never knew how they worked out size of school as wherever I have lived when a new school was built the first cry went up that they had more pupils than they could cope with and were putting cabins in playgorund!