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Last 7 Articles If the Council is actually investing over £26 million in Cramlington schools, with some new schools and great facilities at the high school, isn't that something we should be pleased about instead of criticising all the time? A lot of the schools are in need of repair and updating. It\'s true that some of our school buildings do need a lot of work doing to them. But our argument is that it is clear that the county does not have ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-11-06 Views: 2124 What Council resolutions have been broken in relation to Putting the Learner First? What is going to be done about the Council failing to fulfil its own resolutions? The council resolutions or 9 June 2004, 8 December 2004, and 19 April 2005 commit the ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-02-03 Views: 2613 What did the Standard Board for England say? There were at least eight complaints against Councillors in Northumberland. The reports specifically states that Cllr Davey and Cllr Wright deliberately withheld information from the public and other councillors. One of the summaries also ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-02-01 Views: 2169 What does 'unlawful' mean in this context? The case law has developed a number of instances  where a council\'s actions could be found to be unlawful. A decision could be unlawful because it has failed to take something ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3358 So what is this legal challenge about? In April 2005, the old county council\'s final act was to vote to move to a two tier education system of primaries and secondaries over a period of fifteen years or ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3927 Could the Council not put things right and agree to have an independent evaluation? Since last April, Councillors have been asked on a number of occasions to reopen the debate about Putting the Learner First, especially since the state of the county\'s finances is becoming ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3519 Who are Parents for Legal Action and what is 'cost capping '? The group is a sister action group of the Northumberland Action Group which shares the general commitment of NEAG to preserving and improving our three tier system after two years of ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3799

Recent Discussions Coalition academy proposals At Haydon Bridge High School the only communication we have had from the DfE regarding Academy status has been t inform us that they were releasing the list of those who ...... (2) Comments Trevor's fingers in the till? No it isn't and it's disgraceful that NCC have presided over deals such as this http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/richardmoss/2010/08/retired_council_boss_takes_pay.html and the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302312/500k-year-Northumberland-council-boss-retired-golden-goodbye.html#ixzz0wRb8Ov3q... (1) Comment Building Schools for the Future Axed It does not seem to have changed... (3) Comments Sad news of Derek Wise from the new Cramlington LV I recognise his achievements and have sincere sympathies for the bereaved. My own major memory however must be his vitriolic attack on Cramlington's middle schools at the Cramlington reorganisation decision meeting. ...... (1) Comment Free Schools Here is your starter for 10 from the Department for Schools website http://www.education.gov.uk/freeschools?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_content=SCHOOLS+NorthEast+special+update+-+Free+Schools&utm_campaign=allschoolsnortheast Free Schools Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove has unveiled the major first step ...... (0) Comments School reorganisation has led to lack of school places This issue brings in a number of key points 1. lack of places due to reorganisation has led to increase in appeals/unhappy parents 2. redundancy/job losses angle when the public were ...... (8) Comments OfSTED limits access to reports The Ofsted website has been altered and it is now not possible to get inspection reports by LA, by date, or in any aggregated format. This greatly hampers anyone wishing to ...... (0) Comments

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So what is this legal challenge about? In April 2005, the old county council\'s final act was to vote to move to a two tier education system of primaries and secondaries over a period of fifteen years or ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3927

Who are Parents for Legal Action and what is 'cost capping '? The group is a sister action group of the Northumberland Action Group which shares the general commitment of NEAG to preserving and improving our three tier system after two years of ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3799

Could the Council not put things right and agree to have an independent evaluation? Since last April, Councillors have been asked on a number of occasions to reopen the debate about Putting the Learner First, especially since the state of the county\'s finances is becoming ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3519

What does 'unlawful' mean in this context? The case law has developed a number of instances  where a council\'s actions could be found to be unlawful. A decision could be unlawful because it has failed to take something ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2006-01-10 Views: 3358

Is the Current First/Middle and High School structure in Northumberland inferior to a Two Tier Primary/Secondary structure? Almost all commentators now agree that the key difference in educational performance comes from leadership and quality teaching, not from the structure of the school “We accept as a Department that ...... ●●●●● Last Update: 2005-10-09 Views: 2798

What Council resolutions have been broken in relation to Putting the Learner First? What is going to be done about the Council failing to fulfil its own resolutions? The council resolutions or 9 June 2004, 8 December 2004, and 19 April 2005 commit the ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-02-03 Views: 2613

What did the Standard Board for England say? There were at least eight complaints against Councillors in Northumberland. The reports specifically states that Cllr Davey and Cllr Wright deliberately withheld information from the public and other councillors. One of the summaries also ...... Not Rated Last Update: 2006-02-01 Views: 2169

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The taxpayers of Northumberland
DO NOT
want to change their successful education system

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