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Copperfield Academy gains Good Ofsted Report after Nearly Fifteen Years of...
I have been following the misfortunes of Copperfield Academy in Northfleet for more than the fourteen years this website and its predecessor have been operating. It was previously called Dover Road...
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False Claims in Press Release by Turner Schools
My previous article about Dr Jo Saxton and her nomination as the preferred candidate to be the new chief regulator of Ofqual has clearly struck home at Turner Schools, with the Trust issuing a press...
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Delce Academy, Rochester, now in safe Harbour
Delce Academy now appears to be in safe hands, being rehabilitated by the Inspire Partnership academy trust after ruination under the Castle Trust. The latter useless organisation not only took it into...
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Dr Jo Saxton is the preferred Candidate to be new chief regulator of Ofqual
Dr Jo Saxton, erstwhile Chief Executive of Turner Schools, the struggling Academy Trust set up by her in Folkestone, is Gavin Williamson’s preferred candidate for the key national education post of...
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Swale Crisis in Non-Selective School Places
There is an immediate crisis of accommodation in the three Sittingbourne non-selective (N/S) schools, which are overwhelmed with families trying to access them and avoid Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey....
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Simon Webb: Kent County Councillor
Many in the education service will still remember Simon Webb, newly elected County Councillor for Maidstone Rural West in the recent Council elections, from his previous roles working for the Council....
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Covid-19 and the Kent Grammar School Selection Process for 2022 Entry
Last summer I wrote a series of articles warning that unless changes were made to the forthcoming Kent grammar school selection process, the pass rate amongst pupil premium children and those from...
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Halling Primary School: The end of the Affair?
The failure by the Cliffe Woods Academy Trust to even notice the meltdown at Halling Primary School in Medway after it appointed a totally unsuitable headteacher to the school, has resulted in the...
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Appointment of New Headteacher at Fairview Primary School
Update: A comment posted under a previous article claims the Vice-Chairman of Governors was not informed by his Chair of the shocking criticism of the governing body in notes of a meeting of staff...
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Oversubscription and Vacancies in Kent Primary Schools: 2021
There has been a fall of some 400 in the number of children offered places in Reception classes of the 438 Kent primary schools in April, since last year's allocations, reflecting a dip in the birth...
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Ex-Vice Principal of Ebbsfleet Academy resigns as Principal of Pimlico...
Last month I published an article about the current chaos at Pimlico Academy in London. This was created after Daniel Smith, previously a controversial Vice Principal at the notorious Ebbsfleet Academy...
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How not to Appoint a Headteacher: Fairview Community Primary School
Update 19th May: Due to the level of interest in this post, governors have decided not to re-advertise see below. Short-listing has already taken place. Shortly after the process to appoint a new...
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Kent County Council Elections and Education
One of Kent County Council’s major responsibilities is education, so I have surveyed the local political parties literature to find out their priorities before Thursday's Council election. Of...
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Further Change at the Top in KCC Education
The following article is based on a contribution from a serving Kent headteacher.Who’s the Boss? may have been a sitcom from the eighties but, at the moment, we could be forgiven for trying to work out...
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Oversubscription and Vacancies Medway Non-Selective Schools September 2021
Please Note: The front page of this website, at the time of publication of this article, contains the usual six articles but all about Medway matters. This is unique and purely a coincidence, with the...
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Oversubscription & Vacancies in Medway Grammar Schools for September 2021
The pattern of offers at Medway grammar schools for entry in September closely follows that for September 2020, which I looked at previously here. All schools apart from Chatham have filled. The main...
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Halling Primary School: Latest Developments (Part Two)
I begin with an apology to all those followers who have no special interest in Medway primary schools, although my recent articles about Fairview and Halling both have considerably wider implications...
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The Disgraceful Behaviour of the Governors of Fairview Primary School (Part Two)
I have been given correspondence through an FOI request to Medway Council that shreds the competence and integrity of the Governing Body (GB) of Fairview Community Primary School. It shows that this...
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Kent and Medway Primary Allocations 2021: Initial News and Comment
There is good news for most Kent families applying for reception class places in primary schools this year with 89.2% of families offered their first choice school, slightly up on the 2020 figure....
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Oversubscription & Vacancies: Kent Non-Selective Schools 2021
There was only a small increase of 37 in the number of Kent primary pupils allocated places at secondary schools this year but with 267 additional secondary places created. This leaves 724 empty...
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