Tag Archives: Michael Gove

Report warns that Tory-run Surrey council could go bust

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

All those residents in true blue wards to the south of the borough, who dream of the day when Coulsdon can declare their own little version of UDI and hitch themselves to a neighbouring council, might want to be careful … Continue reading →

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Gove joins Barwell’s ‘Don’t mention the Tories’ campaign

Posted on March 22, 2015 by

At least Gavin Barwell, the MP for the Whitgift Foundation, is consistent in one respect. Barwell has just endured what he described as “a difficult week”, following his starring role on the front page of the Evening Boris for asking … Continue reading →

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£82,000 wasted on Norbury free school that never opened

Posted on December 29, 2014 by

More than £80,000 of public money was wasted on preparation work for a Tory-backed free school in Thornton Heath which never opened, according to figures released through a Freedom of Information Act request from Steve Reed OBE, the Labour MP … Continue reading →

Posted in Advance School, Croydon North, Education, Environment, Norbury, Paxton Academy, Planning, Schools, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

How was your child affected by Norbury free school shambles?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, makes an appeal to hear from parents who considered applying for a place for their son or daughter to attend one of Michael Gove’s promised free schools Inside Croydon wants to hear from you if … Continue reading →

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Gove allows Croydon to charge children for reading lessons

Posted on May 18, 2014 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE finds that the Tory education secretary is content to allow our local council to charge parents for teaching Croydon children to read and write Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, has refused to intervene … Continue reading →

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Cynical Croydon charging children £3,500 for remedial lessons

Posted on May 14, 2014 by

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports on some disturbing developments at the borough’s state primary schools Croydon Council is charging the parents of some primary school children more than £3,500 per year just so that they can receive their legal right … Continue reading →

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Our two-year-olds need a childhood, not lessons in Latin

Posted on April 16, 2014 by

SUSAN OLIVER, pictured left, wants the borough’s teaching professionals to come forward and make their voices heard, perhaps even to challenge the controlling orthodoxies of Michael Gove and Ofsted Children should be taught in schools from the age of two … Continue reading →

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One-fifth of an academy’s pupils “disappear” before GCSEs

Posted on January 23, 2014 by

An academy run by the Harris Federation in Croydon saw more than one-fifth of its pupils “disappear” before it was time for them to take their GCSEs. According to a report in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper, there was a fall of … Continue reading →

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MP Reed calls on Gove to turn police station into school

Posted on November 20, 2013 by

The police station in South Norwood, closed by London Mayor Boris Johnson and put up for sale to be turned into flats, ought to be used to provide a new school for the area. That’s the view of Steve Reed … Continue reading →

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Harris primary reduces SEN support and adjusts report grades

Posted on October 29, 2013 by

Parents at what was once the high-attaining Roke Primary have lasted just half a term before losing all patience with the school’s new academy management, and they are now accusing the Harris Federation of trying to force out of the … Continue reading →

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