Let Gove and Wilshaw spit blood - we'll organise for an alternative
Following on from the successful West London Education Question Time last week, I attended the Anti Academies Alliance AGM, and left optimistic that at last the agenda supported by both Michael Gove...
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Gladstone Free School accused of land grab
As the infamous case of outstanding Sulivan Primary School's closure to make way for Fulham Boys' Free SchoolĀ is hitting the headlines, see BBC London News later tonight, Gladstone Free School is...
View ArticleCopland staff declare 'no confidence' in IEB
Last Wednesday, in a joint union meeting, Copland staff passed unanimously the following vote of no confidence in the IEB (Interim Executive Board)Ā drafted in to run the school by Brent council after...
View ArticleThe green space that may be lost to Gladstone Free School
I thought it would be worthwhile, before tonight's consultation on the proposed Gladstone Free School,Ā to take a look at the proposed site on the Metropolitan Open Land next to Gladstone Park.I spoke...
View ArticleChaotic scenes at Gladstone Free School 'consultation'
There were chaotic scenes at the Crown Moran Hotel in Cricklewood tonight when locals clashed with the Gladstone Free School organisers over plans to build on Metropolitan Open Space next to Gladstone...
View ArticleSaving William Gladstone Open Space for all of us
I am opposed to free schools and academies and so is the Green Party. The Liberal Democrats have gone along with free schools and academiesin the Coalition and Sarah Teather changed her position from...
View ArticleBattle ahead between Brent Council and Pickles on Gladstone Free School?
Following confusion at yesterday's public meeting about whether the Gladstone Free School school had been in conversation with Brent Council over building on the William Gladstone Open Space and...
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Copland IEB to recommend ARK takeover to Michael Gove despite overwhelming...
The telling graph from the Consultation ReportThe Interim Executive Board has written to staff at Copland Community High School informing them that they have decided to recommend to Michael Gove that...
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Greens condemn Lib Dem support for illiberal 'gagging bill'
Last night the Lobbying Bill passed the House of Lords.One of the votes was tied 245/245 but that procedurally means the government won.What this means is that the Liberal Democrats have helped pass...
View ArticleA legal action that shames Brent Council
Another case has emerged where Brent Council has pursued legal action against a vulnerable member of the local community apparently without any consideration of ethical issues. In this case they...
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Oxford College destroys pop up library and dumps books
Ā There is consternation in Kensal Rise this morning following the destruction of the Kensal RiseĀ pop up library before dawn by security agents hired by Cluttons, the property agents for All Souls...
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Demonstration against library busting book dumping Oxford College 3.30pm today
The pop up library before destructionThere will be a demonstration outside Kensal Rise Library at 3.30pm this afternoon following this morning's dawn raid by Cluttons, estate managers to All Souls...
View Article3.30 today Kensal Rise protest against library destruction
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View ArticleGladstone Free School may wthdraw plans for building on open space
The Harrow Observer's reporter Hannah Bewley has posted a web report LINK quoting a Gladstone Free School spokesperson as saying about residents' opposition to build on the William Gladstone Open Space...
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Determined demonstrators defy wind and rain to defend their library
Local people turned out in the wind and rain this afternoon to protest against the demolitionĀ of their pop up community library by agents of All Souls College. It was clear that this campaign still...
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UPDATED: Recriminations, criminals and Kensal Rise library
Poster at yesterday's demonstrationLate last night, in a sarcastic rebuke to Brent Labour Party member Michael Calderbank. Labour leader Muhammed Butt revealed that the police are not pursing action...
View ArticlePowney floats Brent council tax rise to address poverty
Cllr James Powney, an ex-member of the Brent Executive has had little reaction to a blog he wrote last month on the possibility of raising Council Tax to set up a Poverty Fund to protect the poorest...
View ArticleContacts to protest to over Pop Up Library destruction
A reader has helpfully sent in these links for anyone who wants to follow up the Kensal Rise Pop Up Library destruction:The Bursar of All Souls, Thomas Seaman has administrated the sale of our Library:...
View ArticleAnswers needed urgently on Kensal Rise fake emails
Guest post by Meg HowarthMuhammed Butt'sĀ late-night sneering tweet to Michael Calderbank claiming that Brent Council had 'provided all the evidence and police not pursuing' the fake email business...
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