Professor: academies are failing black students
An interesting article from Voice on Line LINK which gives pause for thought as the academisation of Brent secondary school nears completion:A LEADING academic has said that black pupils achieve worse...
View ArticleEducation: The battle of the Michaels about control, curriculum and creativity
Michael Gove's ideas on education and schooling have been taken on by two other Michaels this weekend. Michael Rosen's You Tube interview goes to the heart of the issues around competition and...
View ArticleMysteries, mavericks and mistresses
The Kilburn Times LINK reports that Carol Shaw, Lib Dem councillor for Brondesbury Park has defected back to the Conservatives. Shaw hit the national headlines last year when she revealed that she had...
View ArticleBrighton Green Party and GMB move a little closer on cityclean dispute
Senior members of Brighton & Hove Green Party have issued statements in response to the GMB's stated intention for their members in cityclean to go on strike for a week starting this Friday 14th...
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Why it’s important to save a Wembley Lion
Guest blog by local historian Philip Grant Two lion head corbels, partly cut from the Palace of Industry walls. The last remaining building from the 1924 British Empire Exhibition (“BEE”), the Palace...
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Exciting spaces available at Cottrell House, Wembley
Hypnotick Dance, Cottrell House in Wembley53-63 Wembley Hill Rd, HA9 8BUEnterprise hub, incubation space, co working space, creative crib, studio, green house, agency, pop up, office. Whatever you want...
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Green activists declare support for Brighton Cityclean workers
The GMB Cityclean picket line this morningThe Green Party has rightly been subject to close scrutiny over the performance of its first Green led (though minority) council in Brighton and Hove. The...
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Jean Lambert MEP urges Gove to listen to teachers and children on primary...
LONDON MEP Jean Lambert has called for Education Secretary Michael Gove to stop the ‘surveillance’ culture in primary schools – and instead listen to teachers and children themselves about how best...
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Gilbert to hang on to Brent Chief Executive job despite second job in Haringey
The next full meeting of Brent Council is to consider a recommendation that Chief Executive, Christine Gilbert, retain her position as interim Brent Council Chief Executive. Gilbert, whose salary...
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What a creative curriculum can produce
Chalkhill School prepares to celebrate the opening of the new park Jean Lambert's statement that the arts, humanities, physical education and citizenship are as important as English, Maths and Science...
View ArticleMichaela Free School fails to convince teachers or the local community
Apparently there were only about 40 people at the Michaela Free School meeting today and this included the Michaela representatives and parents with their children and members of a church group. Some...
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Declaration for People's Assembly June 22nd
The declaration below represents the beginning of a democratic process leading towards a second People’s Assembly in early 2014. This declaration represents the views of all those who initially called...
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Council sells off more land for Bridge Park development - but no new...
Stonebridge bus garage before conversionBridge Park Leisure Centre with Unisys House in backgroundIndicative scheme for the siteTomorrow's Executive is to consider another council land sale financed...
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Tony McNulty gives a helping hand to Brent Labour
There was an interesting tweet from Cllr Krupesh Hirani yesterday when he was out campaigning for Labour in Dudden Hill ward.Tony McNulty is the former Labour MP for Harrow East who resigned his...
View ArticleCopland staff and parents issue challenge to Michael Gove and Brent Council
The teacher unions at Copland High School, Wembley, which is facing forced academisation by the DfE and an Interim Executive Board imposed by Brent Council,, have issued the following press release:...
View ArticleCopland teachers to strike against forced academisation tomorrow
Teaching staff at Copland Community School in Wembley will be on strike for the second time on Wednesday 3rd July.The school will be closed to pupils due to the action. There will be a picket line from...
View ArticleYou mustn't miss Sunday's amazing garden party in Willesden Green
The Annual Summer Fundraising Garden Party in Willesden Green has become justly famous not only for the beautiful and fascinating garden in which it is held but for its great entertainment and fabulous...
View ArticleParents urged to fight Copland's forced academisation
This letter is being distributed to parents of Copland students about the strike:Dear ParentsSome people locally and nationally want to force Copland Community School to become an academy. They lie to...
View ArticleIs Brent children and families department 'fit for purpose'?
The Harrow Observer's story on Copland Community School reveals that Brent Council's own action plan to tackle the school's weaknesses had been declared 'not fit for purpose' by Ofsted LINKEducation...
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