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Invicta National Academy: online lessons service
The following article opens with a re-print from the 22nd January Edition of Private Eye, under the heading 'T IS FOR TORY'It has been expanded considerably since first...
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What Schools Needed to Prepare for in Case of a Pandemic, 2007.
Update: You will find a link to the full document below. A fascinating read. School closures in the face of a pandemic may appear to be a new phenomenon, but in 2006 the government published guidance...
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Halling Primary School – What is going on?
13 out of 23 teachers have left Halling Primary School in Medway. or handed in their resignations since January 2020, including three members of the Senior Leadership Team, with seven having gone at...
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Governors at Fairview Primary at Odds with the School Community
I recently wrote an article reporting that the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) had exceptionally turned down a proposal for Fairview Community Primary School to become an academy, partly...
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The Private St Joseph’s Convent Preparatory School to close
Whilst I do not normally cover private school matters, the closure of St Joseph's, a local school I have known for 35 years, is of special interest to me and so I have chosen to feature it here!A...
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Halling Primary Update
See my initial article here, which has attracted over 7,000 visitors in less than a fortnight. The situation at Halling Primary School continues to deteriorate, with the Cliffe Woods Trust failing to...
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The Battle for Pimlico Academy, and its Kent Connections
Daniel Smith, the controversial new 'tough-love' Headteacher of Pimlico Academy appointed in September and now engaged in a battle attracting national media coverage, was previously employed at the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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