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CID investigation of email fraud should delay Kensal Rise planning hearing
Brent Council leader Muhammed Butt this afternoon tweeted 'Glad to hear Kensal Rise Library consultation fraud case is being taken forward by Met police CID'.This confirmation arrives after substantial...
View ArticleBrent to tackle violence against women and girls
The Brent Executive and public gallery were hushed last night by a powerful report on 'Tackling Violence against Women and Girls in Brent' presented by Cllr Ann John.The report, commissioned by the...
View ArticleWhy a retired headteacher and current governor supports today's teachers' strike
It is simple really: teachers have no choice but to strike if they are to stop education spiralling into a crisis that will damage thousands of children. A one day strike is inconvenient - Michael Gove...
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A tale of two soap boxes at Brent Connects
Guest blog by Philp GrantI was not able to be at the Wembley “Brent Connects” meeting on 26 March, but hope that the following “soapbox update” item which I sent in was read out:-A “Wembley Lion”At the...
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Giving a voice to child casualties of the callous Coalition on Saturday
I heard recently about a child who faced exclusion from a local academy school because of recent lateness. He is late because the family were evicted from their home and moved to temporary...
View ArticleAct to stop Yashika's deportation planned for Sunday
Background HERE Theresa May is planning to go ahead with deporting Yashika to Mauritius this weekend. She is booked on an Air Mauritius flight this Sunday - Mothers Day.On Tuesday Yashika was due to...
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Hundreds support Michael Rosen for Education Secretary - but he declines...
This picture I took on the 11,000 strong London NUT Strike March on Wednesday has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook with many approving comments. Michael Rosen himself declined to take up...
View Article£90,000 per pupil free school must be stopped
There has rightly been a furore over Michael Gove's decision to spend £45m on a 500 pupil Harris 6th Form College in Westminster LINKThis equates to set up costs of £90,000 per pupil and is six times...
View ArticleDemonstration for Yashika 4pm today Parliament Square
Message from Oasis AcademyDear FriendsWe are having a demonstration at Parliament Square, at 4:00pm today, to call for Yashika's deportation tomorrow to be halted.The authorities intend to force her...
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Yashika not to be deported today so fight goes on
Lawyers representing Yashika Bageerathi, the 19 year old student faced with deportation, have been told she will not now be put on a flight to Mauritius today. Yesterday her fellow students, teachers...
View ArticleNatalie Bennett: Teachers are standing up for their pupils' futures as well...
Amidst the coverage of the NUT strike earlier this week readers may have missed the statement by Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party. Here it is:Teachers are understandably angry about a whole...
View Article'Putting Children First' Manifesto is welcome antidote to current early years...
There was consternation over the weekend amongsts early years specialists and parents following the announcement of tests for two year olds. The tests would be the logical extension of the neoliberal...
View ArticleBrent Council's ambiguous approach to immigration
Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council acted quickly on the 'racist van' issue and UKBA raids on local stations. He appeared in the media to denounce the impact of such strategies on a diverse...
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Katharine Birbalsingh menaces parents as well as pupils
I have already reported on Katharine Birbalsingh's letter to parents and the infamous black and white shoe lace sermon LINK which made some of them refuse the offer of a place at Michaela Free...
View ArticleGreens: The debate is over-act now on Climate Change
THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report’s stark warnings of the dire consequences of our continuing failure to tackle climate change on planet and people must act as a wake-up call,...
View ArticleSIR ARTHUR ELVIN, INSPIRATION FOR COPLAND’S NEW NAME, GIVES ARK FOUNDERS...
Guestblog from NeonymphLast week staff at Copland received a message from the proposed new Head saying that she, with a group of students and staff, ‘together’ had chosen the new school’s name. (This...
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Smog health warning demonstrates need for European cooperation on pollution
The Government is predicting that Southern England will be hit by high levels of air pollution this week.According to forecasts from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)...
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Why Friends of Kensal Rise Library accepted developer's offer of space
In this guest blog the Trustees of Friends of Kensal Rise Library explain why they they decided to accept the developer's offer of space in the building.Many of you know that the FKRL Trustees...
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