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The sad story of a Leeds school and how one teacher came to leave the UK altogether
This is a true story about a friend of mine,and a school in inner-city Leeds that deserved better.
The story is intended to debunk the idea, once and for all that inner-city schools are not already staffed with the best teachers or that they are letting down their students. It is also a sad reflection of the damage that privatisation and academisation can do to children and families and school staff especially in deprived areas. Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Jo Shuter
Guest Post from @Brixtonite
In 2002 Jo Shuter took over Quintin Kynaston School in St John’s Wood, north London. Her appointment wasn’t popular with everyone – 100 staff left in her first year, 70 in the first term – but despite such a high staff turnover (which might have raised eyebrows elsewhere) she soon acquired the unofficial title of ‘superhead’ and the approving eye of Tony Blair, who used the school to launch his Children’s Services Green Paper in 2003. Continue reading
Sussex academy pays £100,000 to use ‘patented’ US school curriculum
An academy running four schools is paying its US parent company £100,000 a year to use its patented global curriculum, which has been criticised by Ofsted for lacking a “local” focus.
Aurora Academies Trust insists that the Paragon curriculum is transforming the fortunes of the primary schools in East Sussex. But unions and local Labour activists question whether the licensing deal represents the first step in plans to allow private companies to run schools for profit. Tory modernisers are said to be keen on the idea.
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Breaking News – strikes at Globe Academy back on
The 43 NUT members at ARK Globe Academy Elephant and Castle (the Obama Academy – the one he visited with Cameron) will be striking over compulsory redundancies. This is a resumption of earlier action.
The picket lines start at seven on Wed 22 May. Continue reading
Hamstead Hall School teachers strike in protest against academy status
Photos from the picket line. Continue reading