Showing posts with label free schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free schools. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Knowledge gives power (and don't ever forget it) - a comment on criticism of Michaela Community College

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**** Michaela Community School is one of those free schools so detested by those who prefer the conformity and straightjacket of a rigidly...
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Thursday, 14 November 2013

When did telling the truth about Bradford's school performance become an insult?

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**** In their frantic efforts to smear free schools in Bradford, Labour woke Gerry Sutcliffe from slumber and got him to ask a question of...
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Monday, 28 October 2013

What Bradford Council said about Kings Science Academy in September...

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**** Risks and weaknesses in financial systems, such as procurement authorisations, payroll and credit card payments were identified by E...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

A further comment about Bradford and free schools (and Katherine Birbalsingh)

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**** This evening Bradford Council debated free schools. Or rather a motion the Conservative Group submitted on school places. We firml...
Monday, 17 October 2011

Mike Baker - mouthpiece of the educational establishment. And wrong about free schools, academies and education authorities

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**** Mike Baker – this chap: Mike Baker is an award-winning freelance journalist, broadcaster, conference facilitator, and education co...
Monday, 5 September 2011

A Liberal democrat politician being liberal - on schools! Will wonders never cease?

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**** Listening to the Radio while sitting in the traffic up Manchester Road out of Bradford and the presenter announces the next guest. It...
Monday, 23 May 2011

The 'Free School' genie is out of the bottle...

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**** I received a briefing note from Bradford Council's Strategic Director, Children's Services on the matter of academies and fre...
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Sunday, 6 March 2011

Seems unions are good for teachers but bad for pupils

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**** Over recent times I’ve banged on a bit about teachers unions and specifically about a feeling I had that the power and influence of...
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Saturday, 22 January 2011

How the search for 'fairness' must end - for the sake of the children!

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**** If we believe it to be "unfair" that the privately educated dominate the best universities, secure the best jobs and inf...
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011

For heaven's sake leave us alone! A comment on choice, freedom and independence.

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It struck me yesterday (while listening to the righteous discuss licensing and other matters at Council) that the idea of free choice, of...
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