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Closing Lilac Sky Academy Trust being investigated by Department of Education
I can now confirm that Lilac Sky Academy Trust (LSSAT) is being investigated by the Education Funding Agency, on behalf of the Department for Education, into its financial practices. The Trust will be...
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Government U-Turn on Compulsory Academisation: Kent's view
Following the government’s U-Turn on compulsory academisation, Paul Carter, Chairman of the County Councils Network and leader of Kent County Council, has written a politically astute article in the...
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Lilac Sky Academy Trust: The end of the Road
Update: Several updates below. 27 July. I have now established that Lilac Sky Academy Trust is being closed down, as there is an investigation by the Education Funding Agency, on behalf of the...
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Closing Lilac Sky Academy Trust being investigated by Department of Education
I can now confirm that Lilac Sky Academy Trust (LSSAT) is being investigated by the Education Funding Agency, on behalf of the Department for Education, into its financial practices. The Trust will be...
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Kent Test Enquiries
For some reason I am being inundated this year with enquiries about the forthcoming Kent Test, apparently based on the assumption that I may know more detail than is in the published information.Kent...
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Lilac Sky Issues Widen
The delayed publication of the 2015 accounts of the Lilac Sky Academy Trust (LSSAT) at last reveals some of the reasons why they are being closed down.in summary: In the two years to 1st April 2015,...
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Gravesham East County Council By-Election - Letter to Candidates
I have written the following letter to the candidates for the Conservative and Labour Parties for the forthcoming By-election in Gravesham East this Thursday for a seat on the County Council, following...
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Transfer to Grammar Schools in the Sixth Form
Update: This article has already produced a number of enquiries from parents of, and in a couple of cases, students themselves looking for Sixth Form places. As in past years, a number of schools,...
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My Final Appeal and - Medway Council Incompetent Yet Again
Whilst I have at last decided to retire completely from offering my full appeals service after twelve years I shall, however, continue to run my telephone (and FaceTime) Advisory Service which appears...
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Academy and Free School News August 2016
Updated with more Medway Academy news below, 7 SeptemberAlthough there has been just one new converter academy and five sponsored academies in the past five months from Kent and one from Medway, there...
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Lilac Sky – New Trustees Condemn Previous Financial Dealings, new Names, and...
Updated with Response from Lilac Sky, 9 SeptemberLilac Sky Schools Academy Trust, responsible for five academies in Kent and four in Sussex, has now published revised accounts for the year ending 31st...
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Grammar School Expansion - Accidental Government Disclosure
Whilst I don't normally comment on national issues, the following excerpt, caught on camera from a Civil Servant who accidentally showed it whilst carrying papers on the steps of Downing Street, has...
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More Medway Academy News: - Chatham and Strood
The Contents of this article have been transferred to Academy and Free School News, August 2016, below.
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Sevenoaks Annexe
There has been considerable press coverage, following the claim in the Sunday Times that there will be a new school on the Sevenoaks annexe site for boys.It is of course not that simple. Quite simply,...
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Meopham School - Consultation on becoming a Grammar School
Meopham School in Gravesham, a non-selective mixed academy that has achieved excellent GCSE results this year, is proposing to change its status to become a mixed grammar school from September...
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Diversity in Kent Schools
In its Green Paper entitled 'Schools that Work for Everyone', Government appears to be arguing that diversity in school provision is in itself a good thing. I have never seen any evidence anywhere to...
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Primary School OFSTED Outcomes in Kent and Medway for 2015-16
Kent primary schools show another strong performance through their OFSTED outcomes for 2015-16, with 45 schools improving their grading, against just 3 declining. This is underlined by very good...
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Buyer Beware: Four Private Schools failed OFSTED Inspection
Kent and Medway have many excellent private schools, for those who can afford it and wish for an alternative to a state school, but do not assume that private is best, as the experience of a number of...
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News: KCC has realised there is a problem with Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust!
Patrick Leeson, Kent’s Corporate Director of Education and Young People's Services, described the actions of Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust (LSSAT) as ‘outrageous’ in a KCC Education Cabinet Meeting...
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Medway Test and Secondary School Admissions
Medway Test results are sent out by email after 4 p.m. on Friday 30th September, or by post to arrive the next day. The Medway Test Pass Score is 513. Please note, as explained in my article 'Admission...
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