A long school year is over and children and school staff are starting their well earned break. In six weeks time they will return to a new school landscape in Brentwood but, extraordinarily, uncertainty continues as to what that will look like. Brentwood County High School will have a new Headteacher, Mr Stephen Drew, Shenfield […] Continue reading →

Last Wednesday evening (4th July), Kathryn and I attended a meeting, arranged the previous week, along with approximately forty parents of children at St Thomas of Canterbury Junior School, regarding changes to the process for those intending to take the 11+ and also secondary school admissions policies. The latter part focussed on the well documented […] Continue reading →

Three weeks ago I reported on the apparent indication that the funding agreement “consultation report” sent to the Secretary of State for Education by the proposers of Becket Keys Church of England School was not the one published on their website. “Becket Keys Consultation Report – “Exact version” or brief summary?” http://wp.me/p2dr6s-8S As no-one associated […] Continue reading →

This weekend we were sent an article from a local student who has just completed the move from Sawyers Hall College to Shenfield High School. This process was agreed as part of the closure of the school following the 2009 consultation into the future shape of education in Brentwood that recommended a vocational provision to take its place on […] Continue reading →