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Turner Schools Revisited
Greatly Updated 21st July. American Guru on short visit to FolkestoneCompares it to American Rust-Belt cities!The Turner Schools relentless PR campaign to promote its Folkestone academies drives on...
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Holcombe Grammar Appeals Still Unresolved
Update Friday: Holcombe Grammar School has written to the 12 families whose sons were denied places on the waiting list by Medway Council, and invited them to join the list. This is explained in a...
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Holcombe Grammar Appeals 2018: The final Chapter
I have described in previous articles how twelve boys who appealed for places at Holcombe Grammar School in Medway, and were found to be of grammar school ability by the Appeal Panel,were neither...
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Kent Test: Out of County Applications
Kent County Council has sent its annual letter to out of county families registered for the Kent Test for admission to grammar schools in September, as many are not familiar with the Kent scheme. This...
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Another Failure of Accountability for Academies Exposed: Invicta Grammar...
Note: As this item has attracted considerable attention, I have transferred it from my blog to 'Latest News'The failure of accountability for Academies is exposed yet again following the Independent...
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Schools Adjudicator Admission Arrangement Objection Upheld: Brompton Academy
I am delighted to report that the first of my four complaints to the Schools Adjudicator about admission arrangements for Medway schools has been upheld. To be fair, Brompton Academy, on receipt of my...
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Disappearing Headteachers in North Kent
This article currently has the fastest growing number of hits of any this year, with over 5000 in less than two days, along with my 10,000 subscribers!Three North Kent primary headteachers went missing...
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Gravesham Maths Festival
Just before the end of term, three Gravesham primary schools, Kings Farm, Lawn and Whitehill, took over Community Square, the central space outside the Civic Centre, on a Saturday afternoon to present...
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Grammar School Growth Fund; KCC Business Model for Services; and funding cuts...
I was interviewed this afternoon by BBC SE with regard to expansion of grammar schools and the new £50m growth fund, for which applications are due in tomorrow, to be broadcast this evening.A previous...
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Leigh Academies Trust: Property Deal Sounds Good Business
An item in Private Eye recently (reproduced below) about a property deal between Leigh Academies Trust and Greenwich Council caught my attention. It relates to a re-brokering of the old Kidbrooke...
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Kent Test: Cost of Out of County Applications
Data provided by Kent County Council shows that direct expenditure to provide facilities for out of county candidates for the Kent Test was approximately £100,000 for admission in September 2018. This...
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GCSE Results and Admission to Sixth Forms
GCSE results out yesterday have provided considerable speculation as to the effect of the changes. What follows is a very personal view, parts of which were shared in an interview on ITV Meridian last...
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Falling Rolls,Year 10 through to GCSE
On Tuesday, The Times newspaper headlined a story about schools removing pupils or encouraging them to leave in the run up to GCSE, followed by two pages of analysis inside the paper. This is an issue...
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Paul Carter and Grammar School Numbers
Revised 1st SeptemberPaul Carter, Leader of KCC had an important interview with The Times published on Monday, along with commentary by the newspaper which can be found here. He expresses concern that...
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Paul Carter and Grammar Schools (2)
Update: Tuesday 4th Sep. BBC SE has continued its unremitting attack on the Kent Test and grammar schools with yet another lead story on the subject, backed up by more negative radio coverage in a...
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Closure of Twice Failed Private School: St Christopher’s, Canterbury
I don’t normally comment on private schools, but the closure of St Christopher’s in Canterbury over the summer surely deserves a mention at a time when scrutiny of the Kent Test taken in private...
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Academy News: September 2018
I am afraid this regular update is well overdue because of pressures elsewhere. I will be publishing a second article shortly (I hope) but this one is primarily about new and proposed academies and the...
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Fort Pitt, Holcombe and Rochester Grammar Schools: Schools Adjudicator...
The Schools Adjudicator, responsible for deciding on school admission policy disputes, has ruled that the determined admission arrangements for 2019 for these three schools are in breach of the Schools...
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Kent & Medway Primary School Ofsted Outcomes: 2017-18
You will find the corresponding Secondary article here. Special Schools and PRUs to follow.A previous article reported on Ofsted Reports up to Easter; this one completes primary school outcomes for the...
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Kent & Medway Secondary School Ofsted Outcomes: 2017-18
You will find the corresponding Primary article here. Special Schools and PRUs to follow. No Kent or Medway secondary schools were found Outstanding in 2017-18. However, the 79% of Kent schools...
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