Mr Lee Director of Publishing

By Derek on September 3, 2010 1:06 PM | 14 Comments | No TrackBacks
Sadly he proves he is on a totally different planet!

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Jonathan Lee, Publishing Director of the North-West Evening Mail, said: "Education is the future for any area.

"We are lucky in South Cumbria to have some major progress in education, including the redevelopment of Furness College.

"The formation of Furness Academy has also changed the educational landscape in Barrow.

"We regularly report in the Evening Mail on successes in our schools and colleges right across the region, including in Barrow, Dalton, Millom, and Ulverston and in other communities throughout Furness and South Lakeland.

"We know that the success of these schools and colleges is often down to unsung heroes.

"That is why we have decided to launch these awards."


Emphasis all mine. Link  Updated sample form after the jump...


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I Cannot Add Anything To This Statement

By Derek on September 3, 2010 11:19 AM | 4 Comments | No TrackBacks

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A Message To Anne

By Derek on September 2, 2010 8:15 AM | 38 Comments | No TrackBacks
Not sure if she still reads these pages. She used to so here's hoping...
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The Webchat

By Derek on August 31, 2010 5:35 PM | 12 Comments | No TrackBacks
Just in case there are any 'revelations' I am recording the Q and A here for posterity...
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Un-Fr*****g-Believable!

By Derek on August 31, 2010 9:51 AM | 14 Comments | No TrackBacks
He is holding yet another brain numbing webchat with his favourite mouthpiece.
Where are all the state secondary heads webchats?

diggles.jpgSubmit a question using this form... and then run a book on the chances of it being answered by the now bronzed Academy Principal! (spotted in Tesco recently, with his good lady sporting deep brown tans. The mail will have to get some new pictures done.)

Onward & Upward?

By Derek on August 29, 2010 9:02 PM | 21 Comments | No TrackBacks
As you may have now gathered I have decided to keep this blog going for another 12 months.

I have to say I was wavering until the Academy inexplicably failed to release its GCSE results into the public domain. 
I cannot to understand why the schools principal has taken this decision. 
I cannot understand why the schools sponsors have allowed him to take this decision. 
I cannot understand why the schools governors have allowed him to take this decision. 
I cannot understand how the DCSF are not forcing this school to release its figures.
I cannot understand why no staff member has spoke out about this abject failure.



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The Things They Said

By Derek on August 17, 2010 5:59 PM | 69 Comments | No TrackBacks
This article was brought to my attention recently by an 'interested party' and it contains some interesting comments.

I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but plenty of people could SEE what was going to happen back in February of 2009.
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Cumbrian School Exclusion Rates Drop Across The Board

By Derek on August 7, 2010 5:28 PM | 13 Comments | No TrackBacks
Make of this news bulletin what you will.
Rather convenient that all four private Cumbrian Academies don't have their figures publicised the same way, don't you think?
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CN Group Selective Reporting?

By Derek on August 7, 2010 4:59 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
A quick scan of the Kier Group sites via Google has revealed a little story about the Cumbrian Academy programme building schemes that never made it into the local CN group title!

No surprises there then.

It did appear in the News & Star though and I record it here as it has an impact on what might or might not be happening on Parkviews verdant fields.
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Mothballed?

By Derek on August 6, 2010 3:10 PM | 8 Comments | No TrackBacks
Breaking news. Mr Gove has effectively mothballed 73 Academies building schemes.
He has given the go ahead to 77 that were well into the planning/awarding contracts/building process.

At this stage I am still unclear which group Furness is in. I'll keep digging but if anyone else knows the answer please comment as always.

Links
Guardian

BBC

Updated 8-45 pm 06-08-2010

I think there is some confusion here. Gove cancelled 123 schools scheduled to become Academies in 2010-2011.
The ones on this list are Academies that already exist but have no new buildings up yet.

As you can seen Furness is not on this list so what is going on?

Full list after the jump...
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