Campaign to defend Birmingham Schools – Public Rally
19 May 2016, 5pm Outside Waterstones, by the Bullring APF will be supporting this rally – please come along and spread the word.
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RESCUE OUR SCHOOLS
Originally posted on Birmingham Campaign For State Education:
Families and communities standing up for state education Rescue our Schools has been started by parents in response to the government’s recent announcements on forced academisation in England and its proposals on school funding. We have had years of political meddling in schools, and now enough is…
Birmingham City Council must stop colluding with the DfE on forced academies.
APF demands open and democratic consultation for the parents and staff of Small Heath School while matters are at a formative stage. Analysis by Henry Stewart for the Local Schools Network of the latest GCSE data once again shows that non-academies improve faster than academies. The evidence now is overwhelming, yet schools like Small Heath […]
Read more "Birmingham City Council must stop colluding with the DfE on forced academies."Public Meeting: Defend Small Heath School
Parents of Small Heath School (POSH) have called a public meeting. Tuesday 19th January, 4.30pm, The Rex Centre, 430 Coventry Rd, Birmingham B10 0UG Staff and parents are against their school becoming an academy but the leadership and the IEB have refused to engage with them openly and honestly on the issue. Parents handed in […]
Read more "Public Meeting: Defend Small Heath School"Parents of Small Heath School issue statement supporting strike action
The following statement has been issued by parents of Small Heath School who have been campaigning against forced academy status for their school; Parents and ex-pupils of the Parents of Small Heath (POSH) Campaign are supporting the strike action on Tuesday 20th October by teachers and staff at Small Heath School. We believe that staff […]
Read more "Parents of Small Heath School issue statement supporting strike action"Parents and staff lobby council against against academy plans for Small Heath School
Originally posted on Birmingham Campaign For State Education:
On Tuesday a positive and well-attended lobby of the full Council meeting took place outside Birmingham Council House by parents, staff and supporters of Small Heath School in opposition to any plan to change the school into an academy A delegation of parents spoke to Local Councillors…
We want St Joseph’s parents to be properly informed and listened to.
Originally posted on Ask St Joseph's Parents:
We are a parent-led community group who believe that proper and meaningful consultation needs to take place explaining both the pros and the cons of becoming an academy. Proper consultation involves hearing both sides of a debate such as What are the advantages of becoming an academy? What are…
Colmore Schools will not become academies
Originally posted on Ask Colmore Parents:
Parents have received a letter dated 13th June confirming that the decision of the Colmore Schools is not to proceed with conversion to academy status. The letter from the Chair of Governor states: ‘We are not convinced that at this juncture the potential benefits of conversion outweigh the potential disadvantages’. ?…
Colmore Junior and Infants Schools Update
Parents at Colmore Junior and Infants Schools in Kings Heath were informed on 12th December that the schools were ‘investigating’ academy status. However, as the schools later confirmed that they had applied for a DFE conversion grant, it appears the conversion process is already well advanced. ‘Ask Colmore Parents’ is a group of parents who […]
Read more "Colmore Junior and Infants Schools Update"No to Colmore Academy
Colmore Junior and Infant Schools in Kings Heath recently announced their intention to ‘investigate seeking academy status’. Parents have been given until 31st January to send in comments but no parents’ meeting has so far been arranged. A group of concerned parents have set up ‘No to Colmore Academy’ to campaign against the proposal […]
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