How do Hogwarts' muggle-borns drop off the radar? Geoff.

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> Excuse my being pedantic, but large numbers of pupils 
change schools at 13+ and some at 12+. The percentage of 
transfers at 11+ is far less than it was in the past.
>
> End of education history lesson. :-)

Your answers are always interesting and nicely structured, Geoff! 
However, I wasn't questioning 'why' Harry got his invite at 11, I 
was wondering how he managed to disappear off any academic 
registers and therefore no longer have any academic records of 
being anywhere. Are the LEA's (or whatever authority) that poor at 
keeping tabs on who is at a school and who isn't? The same 
goes for Hermione and any other student brought in from the 
muggle world. Suddenly they go from one muggle school to...  
one which isn't exactly listed anywhere. I would be surprised 
(and very shocked) if it was so easy for any child to drop out of 
the system.
It was just something that occurred to me late on night when all 
of this suddenly seemed important. To me, it's a "Book One" 
point that should have been thrown in right at the start, and dealt 
with in one sentence, or tiny part of a conversation. I like books to 
have a credible background - Lord Of The Rings (et al) has to be 
the definitive one, in my view. Tolkien was devoted to what he 
was doing, and gave us something that still reflects his love of 
writing and creativity.

Sandra