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Rochester Independent College: Advertising Article
ADVERTISING ARTICLEA personal View by Leighton Bright Head of Lower SchoolNon-selective & high performing Rochester Independent College offers a truly unique Secondary School experience for...
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Medway Secondary School Allocations for September 2021: Initial Information...
PLEASE NOTE: The parallel article for Kent admissions was only circulated to subscribers to this site below another article, so may have been overlooked by them. You will find ithere. This article is...
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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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Back to School
May I send my very best wishes to everyone involved with next week’s return to school, which will start on Monday for some children, but is staggered through the week for others.To children,most of...
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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 School over 4000 hits in a week!
I placed the article I wrote last week about 'Halling Primary School – What is going on?' on my Blog Page as I did not consider it was of wider interest. However, it has now clocked up 4,248 hits in a...
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Leigh Academies Trust to take over (merge) the Brook Learning Trust
Plans have been announced for Leigh Academies Trust to merge with (take over) the struggling Brook Learning Trust. I have regularly looked at the failures of the three Brook schools for too many...
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Academies and Free School News: Part Two
This article follows on from my previous Academy and Free School News February 2021 Part One, and looks at other developments of new Academies and Trusts, together with various items of Academy news....
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Comments on Articles Rejected as Spam
I have had numerous messages over the past few days informing me that Comments posted to some articles on this website have been rejected as spam.The problem has now been resolved. My apologies to...
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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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Fairview Primary Parents Exceptionally Win Battle Against Academisation
Update: See fresh article 'Governors at Fairview Primary at Odds with the School Community'The governors of Fairview Community Primary School in Gillingham, Medway, have scored a massive own goal by...
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Halling Primary Crisis: Latest Developments
A comment on my previous article about Halling Primary begins: Watching even more children leaving school today crying because even more staff are leaving (that the school haven’t told the parents...
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Oversubscription & Vacancies: Kent Grammar Schools 2021
The pattern of grammar school allocations reveals chickens coming home to roost – but never mind the children. I have regularly written since last June about the unfairness of the Kent selection...
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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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The Disgraceful Behaviour of the Governors of Fairview Primary School
This article considers the appointment of a new Headteacher for Fairview Community Primary School, a process that is lasting for just three and a half weeks, from posting the advertisement to...
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Oversubscription & Vacancies: Kent Non-Selective Schools 2021
There was only a small increase of 37 in the number of Kent primary pupils allocated places at secondary schools this year but with 267 additional secondary places created. This leaves 724 empty...
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Kent and Medway Primary Allocations 2021: Initial News and Comment
There is good news for most Kent families applying for reception class places in primary schools this year with 89.2% of families offered their first choice school, slightly up on the 2020 figure....
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The Disgraceful Behaviour of the Governors of Fairview Primary School (Part Two)
I have been given correspondence through an FOI request to Medway Council that shreds the competence and integrity of the Governing Body (GB) of Fairview Community Primary School. It shows that this...
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Halling Primary School: Latest Developments (Part Two)
I begin with an apology to all those followers who have no special interest in Medway primary schools, although my recent articles about Fairview and Halling both have considerably wider implications...
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