Category Archives: Roke Primary

Tory councillor says Gove’s academy conduct is “woeful”

Posted on February 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

A Conservative councillor in Croydon has made an extraordinary attack against Michael Gove over the way in which the Tory-led government’s education secretary and his department is steamrolling through the transfer of a local primary school. In a rare, if … Continue reading →

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Equivalents and exclusions boost results rather than education

Posted on February 19, 2013 by insidecroydon

Things are beginning to look grim for the future of Roke Primary, where parents, governors and staff fear that the public asset of the school, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, is about to be handed over by education secretary … Continue reading →

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Harris Foundation starts its charm offensive to Roke parents

Posted on February 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Harris Foundation, which has been handed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pounds’ worth of public assets by being given Roke Primary by Michael Gove‘s Department for Education, has begun an attempt to smooch its way into the … Continue reading →

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Gove will tear us apart: the challenge facing Roke Primary

Posted on February 12, 2013 by insidecroydon

An hour-long film on the battle against academy status by a group of parents and teachers in north London offers salutary lessons for a local school Roke Primary School, in Kenley, is being handed over to a carpet salesman on … Continue reading →

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What councillors say: “no opposition to Roke proposals”

Posted on February 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

Roke Primary is not “a failing” or under-performing school, yet Michael Gove, the Education minister, is about to hand over this publicly owned asset to a carpet salesman to run as an “academy”. No consultation, no mandate, and no agreement … Continue reading →

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Roke Primary to be handed over to a carpet salesman

Posted on January 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

Roke Primary School in Kenley is being forced into academy status with the Harris Federation, against the wishes of the governors and parents. Malcolm Farquharson, the chairman of governors at Roke, issued this letter to all parents yesterday, the first … Continue reading →

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Ofsted inspector puts Roke Primary on notice to improve

Posted on June 11, 2012 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, Inside Croydon’s schools correspondent, discovers a worrying decline in standards in Kenley Parents of children at Roke Primary and Nursery in Kenley will be receiving letters in the next day or so revealing that the school has been … Continue reading →

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