The Beccles Free School Consultation Report the DfE didn't want anyone to see...
Back on 8th March I emailed Seckford, the DfE and Cambridge Education asking for a copy of the consultation report that Cambridge Education ...
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Revealed: How the Seckford Foundation will have control of their "Free Schools Trust"
Last week just before the news came that the Beccles and Saxmundham Free School bids had been approved the Seckford Foundation finally reg...
Seckford Foundation attempt to stop publication of their emails
When you get an email from a company it often has a lot of legal “guff” at the end that you probably don’t read. However emails sent from th...
I believe in the Holy Ghost, choice, competition and the life everlasting
Doubting Thomas When someone says they “believe” in something they usually mean something quite different to thinking or feeling somethi...
Backlash in Brandon against new IES Free School
IES Breckland isn’t open yet but it is already running into trouble with people in Brandon taking to the BrandonSuffolk.com online forums t...
Suffolk Free Schools set to receive £2.6 million for children they don't actually have
Yesterday I revealed how Stour Valley Community School is receiving £1.4 million over two years for children it does not actually have on ro...
"Vote with your feet" urges local Councillor as Seckford impose Free School on Beccles
Back in February Roger Finbow the Chairman of the Seckford Foundation wrote to me saying: We have consistently made clear that if, cont...
Revealed: Stour Valley Free School gets £1.4 Million funding for pupils it doesn't have
Stour Valley Community School, Clare When I attended the final transport consultation meeting in Sudbury a parent present said something...
Free School Travel: The Long Melford Story
At Tuesday’s final transport consultation in Sudbury Upper School a parent told a story about travel that was so unbelievable I made a point...
Seckford's Graham Watson orders free school supporters off social media
For a few days now my Blog has been full of arguments between Ixworth Free School supporters and others about the proposed Seckford free sch...
Suffolk Libraries IPS to take over libraries on 1 August 2012
IPS Chair, Shona Bendix Suffolk Libraries IPS have announced that they will take over running all libraries in Suffolk on 1st August. On...
EXCLUSIVE: Head appointed for Saxmundham Free School will not take post up
Alex Hayes currently Vice-Principal at the Open Academy in Norwich has confirmed to me that he will not be taking the post he was offered a...
My response to Suffolk County Council's School Transport Consultation
If you have followed my Blog and Tweets you will know that I have attended more of the Suffolk Free School transport consultation meetings ...
Seckford: "Managing parental perceptions" in a fee paying school when you open free schools
When you are a private school charging upwards of £13,500 a year for a school place it must raise a few eyebrows amongst the parents of fee...
Visit to Ormiston Victory Academy in Norwich
It was great to take some time out from the “interesting” Suffolk education scence to hop over the border to visit the Ormiston Victory Aca...
Why are Seckford not offering the same curriculum as Woodbridge for its Free Schools?
The Seckford Foundation claim that they are bringing their 400 years of experience to help them run their free school chain. Given Woodbrid...
Orwell returns to Suffolk as Seckford seek to re-write history
The River Orwell runs through Suffolk’s County Town of Ipswich. Last year I observed the Orwellian double think that the County Council’s N...
Seckford Schools: Curriculum and Special Educational Needs
There has been a very lively discussion going on here on my Blog on the post Is Matthew Hancock Playing Politics With Children’s Education ...
Suffolk Chilling Effects: Local Press remove article about Beccles Free School after request from Seckford Foundation
Last night as I reported articles on Beccles Free School were removed from all online versions of Archant’s titles : The EDP and the Beccl...
Beccles Free School articles mysteriously disappear from EDP websites
Yesterday I wrote an article quoting a piece in the EDP by Richard Wood which was on the EDP website. Slightly different versions appears o...
Seckford expect Beccles Free School ‘approval’ by the end of May - everyone else wants it stopped
Petition against Beccles Free School In an article in today’s EDP about the proposed Beccles Free School the Seckford Foundation are quo...
Is Matthew Hancock playing party politics with children's education?
Matthew Hancock is clearly an ambitious MP keen to be seen to be promoting the “success” of Conservative party “free school” policies that p...
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