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Medway Secondary School Allocations for September 2019: Initial Information...
The 2019 Medway Council Press Statement on secondary school allocation appears to cover up a large fall in the proportion of pupils offered a place at one of their preferred schools. This is...
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Lilac Sky: Final Chapter
Trevor Beeson, Founder and CEO of the late Lilac Sky enterprises, has published a defence of his actions called 'Lilac Sky: Final Chapter' on his new website (which does not appear to have a direct...
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Turner Schools: Fresh Blessings from on High
Turner Schools, a small academy Trust with a CEO being paid the disproportionate £140,000 – £150,000 a year, has appointed a Deputy Chief Education Officer, on a salary likely to be above £120,000, to...
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King's Farm Primary School: What good leadership can do for an LEA school
Towards the end of last term, I spent a morning by invitation at King’s Farm Primary School, situated in a socially deprived part of Gravesend, where I witnessed the results of a transformation in the...
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Ebbsfleet Academy: Parents rubbished by departing Principal
Today’s Sunday Times has a feature article on the departure of one of the most confrontational ( the ST describes her as 'visionary') heads in Kent from Ebbsfleet Academy, a school with one of the...
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Medway Council vote for new Grammar School: oblivious of the facts.
Medway Council has voted to support a bid for a new grammar school or satellite grammar in the Authority, apparently oblivious of the current data on grammar school places, with a large surplus in...
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Retirement from Personal Advisory Service
I regret to announce that I am retiring from my personal advisory service for parents, over the past two years mainly conducted by telephone consultation. I am also no longer able to respond to...
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Kent & Medway Primary School Ofsted Outcomes September 2018 - March 2019
Kent Primary Schools inspected by OFSTED since September have again produced excellent outcomes overall, way above the national figures. There are two new Outstanding schools, both having followed the...
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Off-Rolling and the Unlawful Skinners’ School Registration Policy
The issue of off-rolling is at last bubbling around official circles after many years of the practice being ignored. Ofsted has now come up with a formal definition although it can still be very...
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Oversubscription and Vacancies in Kent Primary Schools, 2019
Update on Barming Primary below.There has been a small increase in the number of pupils being allocated places in Kent Primary Reception Classes for the second year running. Places for the additional...
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Academy and Free School News: June 2019
This article looks at Academy and Free School news in Kent and Medway since September.The biggest story is surely the mass conversion of seven Deal primary schools to become converter academies in the...
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Copperfield Academy and Twydall Primary School Issued with 'Minded to...
Both schools have been issued with tough letters from the Regional Schools Commissioner, threatening to remove them from their current sponsors, REAch2 in the case of Copperfield Academy in Northfleet,...
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Oversubscription and Vacancies Medway Primary Schools: 2019
The proportion of Medway children offered one of their choices in a Medway primary school has risen slightly to 97.8%, the highest proportion for at least six years. There is just one minor reduction...
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Copperfield Academy: Monitoring Ofsted Inspection Ignores Root of Problem
Ofsted has released a remarkable Monitoring Inspection Report describing a strong performance at the failed Copperfield Academy (published only by the school at the time of writing but not yet...
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Archbishops School: Headteacher suddenly leaves this poorly performing school
The headteacher of the Foundation Archbishop’s School, Canterbury, has stood down from his post with effect from June 14th, after several years of decline in a school that was until recently one of the...
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Delce Academy in Rochester - Ofsted Special Measures - Castle Trust Not Fit...
Just two weeks ago, when I published an article on Oversubscription and Vacancies Medway Primary Schools for September 2019, I was so concerned about the self-evident mismanagement at Delce Academy,...
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Turner Schools: More Self Promotion
The National Schools Commissioner (NSC), Dominic Herrington, recently paid a visit to Folkestone Academy, proudly announced on the Turner Schools Trust website, in yet another article expounding the...
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Copperfield Academy, Gravesham: Reply to FOI about staffing exposes even...
Following my two previous articles about the failings of those running Copperfield Academy and its predecessor school to provide an adequate education for the children of the school over too many...
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Collapse of the Hadlow Group of FE Colleges
I do not normally extend my coverage of news and information about Kent and Medway schools to look at the world of Kent Further Education. But for those not aware of the ongoing scandals most recently...
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KCC cancels School Support contract with Swale Academies Trust for The North...
Update: The Schools Week website has followed up on this story. Also contains further updatesKent County Council is pulling out of its management agreement with Swale Academy Trust for The North...
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