History
 
This page will contain a list of every item that is added to the site and will form a History for the site as it grows. We are sorry but we did not start this feature until March 2008 so anything before that date may not be listed. Click on the Item to open it.
Item Date
Academy Plans Scrapped in Essex  
Expression of Interest and statement by Ed Balls, Minister for
Children, Schools and Families
 
Information from the Chief Executive of Cumbria County Council  
Election Success Story  
BBC Northwest Tonight Feature
Barrow Doesnt Want an Academy 
 
Corruption row arms firm offers £400,000 to sponsor academy  
Link to Article in the Guardian about corruption charges against BAE Systems who could be one of the lead sponsors of the Academy 06/05/08
Link to BBC Website article on election 04/05/08
Election news added to Homepage 03/05/08

Result of Named Vote...At the Barrow Borough Council Meeting 22nd April 2008 the council were asked to vote on if they welcomed the planned Academy.... This is how they voted

23/04/08
Letter to Peter Stybelski - Download and Print & Send  
St Helen's pupils walk out against proposed Academy  
Barrow Borough Council Meeting 22nd Apri 22/04/08
Letter to and from Moira Swann - re Childrens Consultation Questionnaire  
Primary Schools information added and link to Questionnaire
 
03/04/08
Cumbria Primary School Re-Organisation
document link

 
26/03/08
Evening Mail Editorial comments - OSANFS Reply to certain points made.
 
26/03/08
Teachers recommend max class sizes of 20 26/03/08
News & Star Tuesday 11th
800 at Academy Meeting...
SCHOOLS chiefs on Monday vowed to do all they could to ensure children’s education did not suffer when Carlisle’s city academies open...Parents listened but how can we believe them ???
 
The academy represents a solution for the council, which has persistently failed to manage our children's secondary education over many years..."Says concerned Hastings Parent... read more
 
 
More than 250 pupils denied first-choice schools..  
Telegraph reports...
CCTV Cameras installed in Government's Academies....

 
 
Teachers may strike to derail new academies...  

 

 

 

 

Telegraph reports...
CCTV Cameras installed in Government's Academies....
Many of the Government's semi-independent academies have installed cameras and two-way mirrors to let senior staff monitor pupils,......they say.

Schools are believed to have first installed classroom CCTV four years ago, with an academy in Middlesbrough ....
read more......
 
Telegraph reports: 22/03/2008...
Teachers recommend limiting class sizes to 20..
The warning comes days after the Government said classes of 38 or even 70 were "perfectly manageable" if schools shared the workload between teachers and support staff.
read more......

 


"..The academy represents a solution for the council, which has persistently failed to manage our children's secondary education over many years..."Says concerned Hastings Parent... read more
The Cumberland News - North West Weekly Newspaper of the Year
More than 250 pupils denied first-choice schools..
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..Pressure on these schools has also been due in part to disquiet about the first two years of a new academy...."
read more....

 

Teachers may strike to derail new academies...
The government could face strike action in every school earmarked to become an academy as union opposition to the privately sponsored schools increases.. read more