Once more this unwanted project is mired in controversy. So much for a bright new future. No single party seems to have a clue about what is going on and the 'consensus' among the educationalists, the councillors, the DCSF and the civil servants is breaking down across the pages of the local paper.
As astonishing as it is the paper is actually breaking away from it's position as "official" Academy newsletter and has printed some "evidence" that some peeps on or in the County Council haven't been as open and above board as they should have been.
Who'd have thought it?
What I think has actually happened is this and if anyone knows any different then please feel free to enlighten me.
Having now read this document available on the Academy Company website it is clear in my mind that this consultation is simply a PR exercise for a single site Academy.
Have a read for yourself and see what conclusion you come to.
PS
MC2 and Mouchel are nowhere near as good as concocting a biased consultation document as Cumbria County Council and CN Group Research are!
Anne Burns is a professional County Councillor who has some portfolio
or other for children's issues. She is a Labour councillor. She has been a County Councillor for quite
a while.
Jack Richardson is a borough
councillor who moves from ward to ward to make sure he can get himself
re-elected. He is of the conservative persuasion and has been voted by
his 57 old farts councillors to be council leader. A grand title
indeed. He also has extensive experience of being a County councillor.
Here are Anne Burns and JR's "words of wisdom" regarding this most contentious of issues.
Here in Barrow we have two fine school buildings facing possible demolition at the hands of the County Council and yet the BBC delivers a report from English Heritage that argues such buildings are built to last and should be preserved as there are clear and measurable benefits in doing so.
We also had Moira Swann spinning the blatant lie, the proven lie, that school rolls are falling fast to get her Academies programme completed. The Telegraph has a report to show that in fact they are going in the opposite direction.
Just had some news I had heard a while back confirmed.
Moira Swann the architect of the Cumbrian Academies programme and the bane of Barrow is leaving her post this summer.
Barrow needed an Academy?
Moira Swann
Enid Fraser
Anne Attwood
Dave Kelly
Jim Buchanan
Anne Burns
Stewart Young
and many, many other people who contributed to the lies contained within the "expression of interest" document dissected on this very site (use the search box to see for yourselves)
Deary me.
It has come to light that Capita Plc has allegedly been overcharging schools for the use of it's services. This is a slightly different division of the behemoth that is Capita to the one that 'oversees' projects on behalf of Cumbria County Council and the one that provides the 'local government services' but it's still part of the same organisation.
It's amazing what you can find out on this interweb thingy. There is
all manner of information available even if it's found by some
seemingly obscure routes.
I was reading through the proposed changes to education in the UK
contained within the Education Bill announced in the Queens speech.
Much of it is hot air and I doubt any of it will actually become law
unless the entire population sit on their hands at the next election
and Blinky, Banana Boy, El Gordo and co get back in. However what was
really annoying is that Ed Balls has accepted Graham Badman's fatally
flawed review of home education chapter and verse even though the
results of the select committees investigation haven't been published
yet!