Showing posts with label local authority. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local authority. Show all posts
Friday 8 January 2016

Brent Labour urges school governing bodies not to convert to academy status

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Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council and Cllr Ruth Moher, lead member for Children and Families have written to Brent primary school...
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Tuesday 29 December 2015

It's time to re-launch a campaign for decent public toilet provision - it's an equality issue

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A student teacher colleague, a vicar's daughter, had an unfortunate experience with a Clapham Junction infant class on a long coach tri...
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Wednesday 3 September 2014

Parent survey of Local Authority role in education shows potential support for Green Party policies

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I print below the full press release from London Councils on the YouGov poll they commissioned on parents' views of the role of local a...
Monday 3 March 2014

Greens issue radical education challenge to 3 main parties

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Regular readers will realise I have been away for a few days. I have been in Liverpool for the Green Party Conference where we debated Ed...
Monday 17 February 2014

Green Party Education Policy offers a real alternative

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I will be moving a motion revising the Green Party's Education Policy at our forthcoming Spring Conference. The revisions take account ...
Friday 14 February 2014

Feisty parents fight off forced academy conversion

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In a victory that may have wider repercussions for schools facing forced academisation, St James' Church of England School in Glouceste...
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Sunday 26 January 2014

How heads can resist forced academies

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It was clear listening yesterday to the parents from Snaresbrook Primary School, who successfully fought against forced academisation, tha...
Wednesday 6 November 2013

London free school parents support LA oversight

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As  Michael Gove's free schools policy comes under closer scrutiny London Councils publishes a survey that  shows the majority of free ...
Sunday 13 October 2013

Hunt dashes hopes for clear Labour support for democratically accountable schools

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With the last non-faith secondary school in Brent about to be forced to become an academy and four free schools in the pipeline for the bor...
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Tuesday 3 September 2013

Local authorities must be permitted to build new schools to provide extra places

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Today's publicity about the shortage of primary school places once again underlines the sheer stupidity of the Government's policy....
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Sunday 19 May 2013

More Brent schools to expand as Gove restricts new LA school builds

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Michael Gove receives a vote of 'No Confidence' from headteachers but at the same time his Tory leadership bid, launched last weeke...
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Thursday 17 January 2013

Brent Council and schools: 'Responsibility without power' conundrum

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Ofsted announce today that they will be going into local authorities where schools are not doing as well as expected and inspecting 10% of ...
Monday 2 April 2012

Improved Brent pupil attainment highlights important role of local authority in school improvement

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 Last week's Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee received a report that should stop advocates of the breaking up ...