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...
Seckford move to poach Thurston pupils as Ixworth numbers revealed to be low
The Seckford Foundation have already opened two schools with disappointingly low numbers at Beccles and Saxmundham. Beccls opened with less...
Ixworth Free School: Why we should keep an eye on the Seckford Foundation
The situation at Ixworth has prompted Sue Cook, Suffolk County Council's Education Director, to write to parents in the Thurston area....
"Hand of Hancock" as Seckford gets Third free school at Ixworth
If the lack of a transparent process at the DfE wasn't enough on its own to raise an eyebrow about the award today of the Ixworth Middle...
Church of England considers rival Ixworth Free School Bid
The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich have announced a possible rival bid for a free school at Ixworth with the support of the Thursto...
Why is the undersubscribed Saxmundham Free School building an extension?
Saxmundham Free School Extension Plan Click on image to enlarge The press is currently full of stories about schools full to capacity an...
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...
Pupils reported to be leaving Saxmundham Free School "like flies"
Saxmundham children on the opening of the school Apparently as uniforms had not arrived they did PE for the first few days of term (EADT) ...
Seckford admit financial advantage from free schools to Woodbridge School
Graham Watson Graham Watson, Director of the Seckford Foundation gave a presentation at a meeting in London last month hosted by educati...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lessons from the "Twitter Joke Trial" for Seckford and friends
Yesterday Paul Chambers was finally cleared of sending a “menacing” communication under s127 of the Communications Act 2003. As is well do...
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...
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...
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...
Third Seckford School turned down by DfE
The DfE have turned down the Seckford Foundation's bid to open a third free school at Stoke by Nayand. A bid by a local group to open a ...
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