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Tag Archives: Roke
Harris primary reduces SEN support and adjusts report grades
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
Posted in Education, Kenley, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Academy, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Roke, Roke Primary
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Roke Primary victim of “overzealous” Gove, says Tory MP
Readers of a nervous disposition should look away now. The following article contains flashing lights and some robust English language and may not be suitable for those under the age of about 12. Or Michael Gove. If further proof were … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Richard Ottaway, Roke, Tory
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Highly objectionable: Roke parents lodge academy complaints
The sham “consultation” over the future of Roke Primary in Kenley, in which Michael Gove, the education secretary, wants to hand over the public property of a recently built, high-achieving school, to a Conservative party donor, ended on Friday. The Save … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary
Tagged Conservative, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Primary school, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Angry Roke parents accuse minister of misleading over status
Parents of children at Roke Primary in Kenley have responded angrily to a letter from Department for Education under-secretary Lord Nash – which Inside Croydon published last month – effectively accusing the Tory peer of deliberately misleading over results and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Federation, Lord Nash, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Roke
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Nash letter dashes hopes for Roke to escape Harris
Parents, governors and staff at Roke Primary were left “shattered” last week, after the local MP, Richard Ottaway, passed on to them a letter he had received from Lord Nash, the under-secretary at the Department for Education. Nash’s letter runs … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Ofsted, Primary school, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Harris Foundation starts its charm offensive to Roke parents
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
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Kenley, London, Michael Gove, Riddlesdown, Roke
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What councillors say: “no opposition to Roke proposals”
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
Posted in Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary, Schools, Steve Hollands
Tagged Croydon, LEA, London, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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