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Tonight’s BBC Panorama programme reported upon the issue of incompetent teachers. Despite estimating that there are 15000+ incompetent teachers in English schools and recognising the enormous damage that incompetent teachers can do to the children in their charge, the programme’s conclusion was that there is NOTHING that parents can...
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Why is it that whenever there is the slightest threat of snow, Louth’s children can be found huddled around the radio, desperate to hear the name of their school amongst the list of today’s closures? What happened to those smiling, enthusiastic, happy faces that attended the first year of primary school? ...
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The new government is giving parents the right to set up “Free Schools”. Free Schools are independent state schools run by teachers not bureaucrats or politicians and accountable to parents. Being independent from governmental and bureaucratic control could result in an entirely different emphasis. Provided a high standard of...
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My letter to the Louth Leader about spending priorities at King Edwards, elicited the following statement from the Headteacher, James Lascelles. “The Admissions Consultation had no cost attached to it. This will be the third year we have used the professional facilities offered by Grimsby Athletic Track and each year parents have...
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If you’ve ever wondered, “Can I be the ONLY parent who thinks this or that?”, then this site is for you. Just what do parents in Louth think of its secondary schools? What are the issues that concern you? What is best practice? The objective of LouthParents is to...
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Mobiles Banned From Schools?
Nick Gibb MP, Minister for Schools, announced today that the Government would seek to: end the rule requiring schools to give 24 hours written notice for detentions allow heads and school staff to search pupils for legal highs, pornography, cigarettes, fireworks and personal electronic devices such as mobile phones, MP3...
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