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Seckford lick wounds after disastrous GCSE results at Beccles and Saxmundham

Back in 2012 I wrote extensively about the proposed Seckford Free Schools at Beccles and Saxmundham saying they were unwanted and that the...

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Are the Seckford Foundation buying positive media coverage with advertising?

Ixworth Free School: Where does the advert end and editorial start? In a democracy the press play a crucial role as one of the main chec...

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Is the "Beccles" Free School actually going to move to Beccles?

Former Beccles Middle School Site: currently used by Sir John Leman High where Beccles Free School is supposed to be moving in September 2...

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Sir John Leman High launches free transport from Lowestoft

Tonight at a meting in the Hotel Victoria in Lowestoft Jeremy Rowe the Head of Sir John Leman High School in Beccles has launched the school...

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Seckford refuse to say how much Beccles and Saxmundham Free Schools are costing

The Seckford Foundation Free Schools Trust have refused to answer a Freedom of Information (FOI) request first sent in early July asking f...

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Seckford chain plan in ruins as they confirm no further bid for Stoke by Nayland

The Seckford Foundation’s plans for a chain of Free Schools across Suffolk lay in ruins today after they confirmed they would not repeat the...

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Silent Protest marks opening of 58 pupil £2 million Beccles Free School

At a cost of at least £2 million in public funds so far the Beccles Free School opened its doors in Carlton Colville today to 58 pupils - r...

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Advertising Standards Authority ask Seckford to remove "outstanding" claim from Beccles Free School Advert

Earlier this Summer I complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about the claim made in an advert  that Beccles Free School is...

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Cambridge Education awarded contract to project manage school it organised consultation about

Lowestoft Coalition Against the Cuts have revealed that Cambridge Education, the company that organised the Beccles Free School consultati...

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Waveney District Council "summon" Michael Gove to appear before them

Michael Gove If the Lowestoft based Waveney District Council get their way we will have a replay of Michael Gove's appearance before Lev...

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Waveney Tories fear Free School Backlash

Tories in Waveney are starting to fear for their seats as the backlash against the unpopular decision to approve Beccles Free School conti...

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Why Sir John Leman High School performs better than Woodbridge School

Woodbridge School Throughout the whole free school debacle in Suffolk the Seckford Foundation and the DfE have constantly made reference...

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Seckford Foundation make light of real act of harassment against campaigner

A Suffolk anti-free school campaigner was recently shouted at in the street, sworn at and had campaign leaflets snatched from him and thrown...

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Beccles Free School claims to be "outstanding" before it even opens

In a glossy half page advert in the Beccles and Bungay Journal some hyperbolic claims are made about Beccles Free School under the heading T...

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Beccles Free School: How wrong did the DfE get it?

Back in March the civil servant responsible for free schools in Suffolk, Paula Lovitt MBE wrote this letter to a prominent Beccles resident...

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DfE refuse to release Beccles Free School impact assessment

Sir John Leman High School v the Secretary of State for Education The DfE have continued to refuse to release information about the Becc...

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Leiston big winner as Suffolk CC change school transport plans

Following the consultation on school transport that was reported in detail on this Blog the County Council have gone away and made some chan...

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Beccles Free School: Just who is making "misleading" claims?

In a letter sent to parents in the Beccles area -   a full copy can be seen on Wikisuffolk  - Rob Cawley the Principal of the Seckford Free ...

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An appeal to the Seckford Foundation

Dear Mr Watson, Graham Watson Seckford Director A number of us have campaigned strongly to oppose your attempts to open a school in Bec...

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Seckford Exit Strategy for Beccles Free School after only 37 children confirmed?

Last night in Lowestoft Town Hall Graham Watson the Director of the Seckford Foundation came before Waveney District Council’s Scrutiny Co...

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