What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Don’t get me started on Grammar Schools, the present set up is confusing enough. Here’s a little test. Can you explain the difference between: an academy chain; a multi academy trust; a free school; a cluster; a family of schools; and a local education authority? Being an ex-school governor, I
What does Cockburn School’s decision to convert to an academy tells us about what’s happening in education? I was one of a select number of people at Cockburn’s public meeting this week when the Headteacher and Governors set out their reasoning for the change. Elsewhere in the country over the
Twenty parents and community members attended a meeting at Cockburn School to discuss the school governors’ intentions to convert the school to Academy status last night (19 October 2015). The meeting heard a presentation from Headteacher David Gurney explaining the school’s reasons for considering conversion. He stressed that the change
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing
Mystery surrounds Beeston Primary School’s plans to convert from being a local authority community school to becoming an academy. The school is currently undertaking a ‘consultation’ which closes on Wednesday (15 July 2015). However, South Leeds Life has spoken to parents, councillors and the Beeston Community Forum, none of whom
A public meeting held last week about the creation of a new primary school at the site of the closed South Leeds Sports Centre failed to offer any concrete hope that the sports facilities will be re-opened to the public. The meeting at Hamara on 12th July gave an opportunity