In a series of tweets this afternoon Cllr Daniel Kennelly makes it clear that he is unhappy about the way Islamia Primary School is running the consultation in Preston Park:
I am writing to alert you to a consultation currently being conducted by Islamia Primary School. They are being evicted from their premises in Queen's Park by the Yusuf Islam Foundation. The local authority has a statutory duty to provide an alternative site for the school.
Therefore the school are consulting residents in both Preston Park and Queen's Park about relocating the school to the vacant school site on Strathcona Road in Preston Park. This site was formerly occupied by Roe Green [Strathcona] school.
To date the school has failed to provide consultation materials to residents in Preston Park. Therefore I am notifying all residents in the area about this ongoing consultation and upcoming residents’ meeting on Monday 17th October.
Residents will be given the opportunity to speak with councillors, Council staff and members of the school to express views on the potential move. This meeting will take place at Preston Park Primary School from 6pm. The consultation will close on 2nd November.
I apologise for the late notice. The school are in charge of running this consultation and have failed to properly communicate or provide adequate literature to residents.
Please do attend this meeting if possible. I will provide further information when I receive it.
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Any idea what the wording of the statutory duty is. I thought the council had to provide school places not private schools.
Islamia Primary School is voluntary aided like RC and CofE schools (state funding). Islamia Girls High and Brondesbury College (Boys) are private. The Yusuf Islam Foundation are (apparently) planning to further develop the Islamia Primary site for secondary education.
Cllr Kennelly deleted tweets. He seemed really unhappy with how things were going. Tweets abt it. Then he deletes them. Interesting.
Warned off by the Supreme Leader???
If Yusuf Islam are evicting them, what basis does Yusuf Islam have to tell parents they should be more spiritual and exercise gratitude? Some corruption going on here. What does Islam say about that?
He probably genuinely wanted residents to be engaged and informed via the consultation process about plans for the school site. He abstained from the planning committee decision on infill development at Windmill Court because of the fire safety issues with the proposals and then he was no longer on the planning committee. Maybe he’s just a sole voice trying to follow the proper procedures and processes of democracy and decision making.
This should be stopped immediately
What happened? Is Butt using CIL to pay for the £10,000,000 school?
Parents hear this all the time at Islamia. "Do not bite the hand that feeds" we were told. Not sure who Yusuf Islam fed at Islamia. His message shows where this mantra from governing body comes from. We are grateful to Allah the Almighty who allowed Islamia to exist. And Allah has a harsh warning for those who do good but constantly seek gratitude from the beneficiaries. My child is finishing this year. Glad to see the back of them.
The Supreme Leader will be in big trouble if this goes through and a tragedy happens with primary age children running around near trains. Are these people thinking straight?
Department for Education should intervene. Kids travelling 6 miles???? Massive safeguarding red flag.
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