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Further Analysis of Kent Test Results for Admission in September 2019
I apologise to the many browsers who have asked over the past six months when this annual article was to be published. There have been a multitude of delays and I have only recently received the...
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Academies in the News: Turner Schools; Delce Academy; Oasis Academy Isle of...
The National Schools Commissioner, on visits to Folkestone Academy and the Turner Free School is reported to have praised the progress of the two schools without apparently noticing the many failures...
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Academy and Free School News, August 2019
This article looks at news items since my previous Academy article in June, together with various happenings earlier in the year that I have not covered before. It includes academy conversions at Cage...
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The Secret of Leigh Academies Trust and the Academisation of Paddock Wood and...
Updated 21 AugustBack in December, parents of Paddock Wood and Horsmonden Primaries were told that governors of the two schools were considering options for their future, including academisation,...
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Delce Academy and the Strange Medway Commercial Loan
The Delce Academy story continues to unfold, one of my correspondents having sent me a Medway Council Cabinet Meeting Minute from last year. This contains the astonishing information that the Council...
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Update to recent article on Delce Academy and other pressing matters
I have recently added important additional material to my latest article on Delce Academy, which will have been missed by my 2,000 plus subscribers, noting that it appears there is still more to come....
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Leigh Academy Trust shows Contempt for the Rules at Paddock Wood and...
The letter that follows this article sets out in some detail the shameful process by which Paddock Wood Primary School converted to become an academy within the Leigh Academy Trust (LAT) on 1st...
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Another Futile Attack on Weald of Kent Annexe
I was interviewed on BBC SE last week, and KMTV this evening about the latest scheme dreamed up by Comprehensive Future and Joanne Bartley to destabilise the now well-established, Weald of Kent Grammar...
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Disappearing Heads in North Kent (Part Two)
A year ago I wrote an article entitled ‘Disappearing Headteachers in North Kent’ about the headteachers of three schools: Copperfield Academy, Fairview Community Primary School and Tunbury Primary...
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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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The Secret of Leigh Academies Trust and the Academisation of Paddock Wood and...
Updated 21 AugustBack in December, parents of Paddock Wood and Horsmonden Primaries were told that governors of the two schools were considering options for their future, including academisation,...
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Kent and Medway Ofsted Outcomes 2018-19: Secondary
69% of the 18 Kent secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in 2018-19 were assessed as Good or Outstanding. Once again this was better overall than the national average of the previous year which was 67%...
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2019 Kent Secondary Allocations: Update
Back in March, I was unable to report on the levels of oversubscription of first choices at Kent secondary schools because of KCC's decision not to allow small numbers through the system, but produced...
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More 'Sea Change' at Folkestone Academy
Wesley Carroll, the fourth Principal of Folkestone Academy since it was taken over by Turner Schools in May 2017 is to stand down in January, reportedly for family reasons, having been appointed a year...
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Lilac Sky: Final Chapter
Update: Shortly after I wrote this article about the www.trevorbeeson.com website, the site was withdrawn from the internet, together with any links. I retained a download of the key page which was a...
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More 'Sea Change' at Folkestone Academy
Update: Professor Carl Lygo, one of the two founders of Turner Schools and Chair of the Board of Directors since the Academy Trust's inception three years ago, resigned from the Board of Turner Schools...
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Medway Test 2019: Initial results and analysis
Note: This article contains important advice which may assist those considering requesting a Review.The pass mark for the Medway Test for 2020 admission is an aggregate score of 490, selecting a total...
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Change of Pass Scores in the Kent Test for entry to Grammar School in 2020
The scores for achieving success in the Kent Test have risen substantially this year, the biggest shift since the new Test was introduced in 2014.To be awarded an automatic pass, candidates will have...
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Kent Test 2019; Initial Results and Comment
Kent Test results have been published with the pass mark somewhat higher than last year. This is no reflection on the difficulty of the Test as the pass marks will have been set as always to identify...
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Sevenoaks Grammar School Annexe: Expansion Proposal to Include Boys.
At long last it looks as if the second half of the Sevenoaks grammar school annexe building may be occupied as originally planned. A letter from the Headteacher and Chairman of Governors at Tunbridge...
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