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Joint unions reach agreement on school wider opening with Brent Council
After a meeting between education union officers and Brent CEO Carolyn Downs and Strategic Director of Children and Young People, Gail Tolley the following was agreed earlier today: A gradual return is...
View ArticleNAHT calls on government to justify its belief that June 1st is a wise move
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT said: Support for a fixed date for school return is vanishing quickly. What is needed now is local flexibility to determine when it is...
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Cllr Georgiou spearheads campaign to get IT home learning equipment to...
Cllr Anton Georgiou, Liberal Democrat councillor for Alperton ward, is leading a campaign to persuade the Department for Education to equip refugee and ESOL students with IT equipment for home...
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Fighting Covid19 in Brent Zoom Meeting May 27th
Zoom ID: 4648578247 Password: 274903Background (Source: ons.gov.uk)
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The Wembley Park Story – Part 2
The second of Philip Grant's series on the history of Wembley Park The first part of this story took us from Saxon times up to the “birth” of Wembley Park in 1793. If you missed it, “click” here.1....
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Pavement widening - a tale of two boroughs
Kilburn High Road (Camden side)South Kilburn resident Pete Firmin has been somewhat bemused by the pavement widening of Kilburn High Road by Camden and Brent Councils. The aim is to enable pedestrians...
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Harrow Council leader's straight-talking statement on wider re-opening of...
The leader of Harrow Council has provided a model for what leadership on the wider opening of schools means:
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UPDATED: Wembley Pavement Widening Mystery
Only days after barriers were erected to widen pavements in Wembley High Road they have been pushed back creating a barrier to pedstrians rather than helping them. The point of pavement widening was so...
View ArticleHow Brent is coping with the Covid crisis and planning for the future
Hover over bottom line and click on right hand corner for full size versionThanks to Dr Jonathan Flaxman for permission to post this presentation on Covid19There were several strands to last night's...
View ArticleSchools should not reopen until coronavirus tests have been clearly met, says...
The Green Party has urged local authorities not to fall in line with the Government’s timetable for reopening schools until the conditions for easing lockdown have been clearly met.Green Party...
View ArticleNEU call on Brent Council to close schools except for keyworker & vulnerable...
The following letter has been sent to Brent Council by Brent NEU:Dear Brent Council,Yesterday the government has said that it is safe for schools to open on 1st June. But today the NEU has seen the...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Brent Council as Brent TUC calls for schools to remain...
Brent Trade Union Council has sent the following letter to Cllr Muhammed Butt (Leader of the Council) and Cllr Krupesh Hirani:Following a recent online meeting organised by Brent Trades Council at...
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The Wembley Park Story - Part 3
The third part of Philip Grant's series on the history of Wembley ParkWelcome back to our journey through Wembley Park’s history. If you missed Part 2, “click” on the “link”.After the failure of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: NEU calls on Government to step back from the brink and stop 1 June...
From the National Education UnionFour prominent members of the Government’s own scientific advisory body have broken ranks to express worries about the safety of wider primary school opening on...
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Brent Friends of the Earth urge Brent Council to expedite bid for TfL greener...
Fearful that Brent Council and its residents will miss out on potential funding for green travel plans (bids have to be in by Thursday), Brent Friends of the Earth have written to Brent's CEO, Carolyn...
View ArticlePublic Health Directors: Government misjudgement in lifting too many...
I am publishing below the full text of the statement by the President of the Association of Public Health Directors on the proposed lifting of restrictions. LINKCOVID-19 has already taken a huge social...
View ArticleChallenges facing school leaders over phased return to school - NFER findings
From the NFER by Caroline Sharp, David Sims, Simon Rutt On 10th May the Prime Minister announced a phased return of some children to school In England from 1st June. Schools have been closed to all but...
View ArticleBrent Council to give households on Council Tax Support £150 towards their bill
From Brent CouncilToday Brent Council is implementing a scheme that will provide over 7,000 households in need of emergency financial support with a one-off payment of £150 towards their Council Tax...
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