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Oversubscription & Vacancies Kent Non-Selective Secondary Schools 2020
This article looks in some detail at the allocation of secondary school places in Kent for September 2020. Particular themes are: the pressure on places in Ashford, Canterbury, Gravesham, Sevenoaks and...
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Coronavirus: School Appeals in Kent & Medway Part 4
I have now written a further article looking at fresh developments: Coronavirus and School Appeals: Five The government has now published temporary regulations for the operation of school admission...
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Schools to Defy Unions and Reopen Next Month
Sub Heading: Academies back government despite virus fears.Update: Kent Council issues what appears to be a non-statement on school opening. According to KentLive: Kent County Council breaks silence on...
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Schools Opening 1st June
I have been asked several times for my views on the merits of Kent and Medway schools opening on 1st June, and these are quite simple. I cannot imagine being in the position of current headteachers...
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Schools Opening 1st June
Updated Monday 1st JuneI have been asked several times for my views on the merits of Kent and Medway schools opening on 1st June, and these are quite simple. I cannot imagine being in the position of...
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BC/AD: The History of this Country in two Parts
Nothing to do with the purposes of this website but, after talking with a headteacher this morning, he advised me to copyright the following.The history of this country can now be divided into two...
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Coronavirus: Kent and Medway Primary Schools Partial Re-Opening
Continuous update in progress. Most recent 5.30 p.m. 2nd June, in blue just below. . The government encouraged all primary schools to re-open on 1st June for Nursery, Reception, Year One and Year Six...
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Kent Primary Schools: Oversubscription & Vacancies 2020
There has been a small increase for the third year running in the number of pupils being allocated places in Kent Primary Reception Classes . Places for the additional 163 children were met by three...
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Gipsy Hill and Kingston Polytechnic Certificate of Education Holders
Whilst the following news is not directly relevant for the purposes of Kentadvice, my previous article about alumni of four Colleges for Teacher Education written in 2017 has attracted 8963 visits to...
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Lilac Sky Academy Trust: Further Financial Malpractice Exposed
The government began an enquiry into financial malpractice at Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust (LSSAT) in 2016 which it closed down the same year, transferring its its five Kent primary schools to...
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Turner Schools: No let up in Change
Since its arrival in Folkestone at the Easter of 2017 under the leadership of CEO Dr Jo Saxton, Turner Schools has indulged in an ad hoc adventure: appointing and removing staff at short notice amidst...
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Kent Catholic Schools Partnership: Change at the top as CEO is reported as...
Updated: 12th JuneThe controversial Chief Executive of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership (KCSP) is 'unexpectedly away for his duties at present' and is reported to have been removed from his post....
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Grammar Schools and Pupil Premium Children
There are considerable concerns over the opportunities for disadvantaged pupils in this year’s grammar school selection process, whatever form this takes. Nationally and in Kent and Medway there is...
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Proposal for the Kent Test 2020 (Personal)
REMEMBER TO REGISTER FOR THE KENT TEST BY 1ST JULY Kent County Education Officers have still not yet released details of the Kent Test arrangements for 2020, but I have a proposal that appears to cover...
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Kent Test 2020: Primary Headteachers Consulted
I am being interviewed by Radio Kent on this topic, 9.10 a.m. on WednesdayKent primary school headteachers are now being consulted by KCC on the nature of assessment for grammar school selection this...
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Further Troubles at Kent Catholic Schools Partnership and St Thomas Catholic...
If you have safeguarding concerns affecting a child, contact Social Services here. I have today in the course of a few hours today received two letters that highlight the sense of turmoil in the KCSP....
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Proposal for the Kent Test 2020 (Personal)
REMEMBER TO REGISTER FOR THE KENT TEST BY 1ST JULY Kent County Education Officers have still not yet released details of the Kent Test arrangements for 2020, but I have a proposal that appears to cover...
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Kent's Plan for Grammar School Selection 2020
Kent County Council ‘has been contingency planning ever since schools were forced to close on March 20th, to see what adjustments might be needed to the Kent Test process in different situations as the...
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Off-Rolling in Kent and Medway Schools before GCSE Registration and in the...
OFSTED DEFINITION OF OFF-ROLLINGOff-rolling is the practice of removing a pupil from the school roll without using a permanent exclusion when the removal is primarily in the best interests of the...
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Kent School Admission Appeals under Lock-down, Including Two Very Different...
I am starting to receive some feedback on school admission appeals for Kent families, decided on the basis of written submissions only, although most are happening very late in the year and many have...
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