As the dust began to settle following GCSE result day 2016 and we looked forward to a bank holiday weekend, the Department for Education (DfE) published a judgement by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) regarding the non-compliant admissions policy of our local free school, Becket Keys. While the ruling was made on the […] Continue reading
The growing tide of parents realising that they will have to pay to send their children to school has reached Brentwood. We first highlighted the probable consequences of changes to Essex County Council (ECC) changes in October 2013 [1] but it is understandable that most of those affected would not realise they were until now. […] Continue reading
The Brentwood Gazette has revealed on its front page today that a new school is set to set up home in Sawyers Hall Lane. This is despite four primaries, one secondary and a facility of Havering College already residing in the north Brentwood street. According to the article, Essex County Council (ECC) are believed to […] Continue reading
Since the first series of Channel 4’s “Educating…” strand aired in 2011 on Channel 4, I have been amazed at how often a topic that I have been reading about or discussed has featured in that week’s programme. The finale of the latest series was of particular interest following a local news story which seems […] Continue reading
Following the initial approval of a free school in Ongar a fortnight ago, Educating Brentwood has been contacted by several parents seeking clarification on whether this affects the choices they are currently making for children who are due to start Year 7 next year should it open by then. To remind you, Essex County Council […] Continue reading
In the next two months parents throughout Essex will be applying for primary and secondary school places for their children but this time they will have a further factor to consider before making their choices. As we highlighted in a post from last October, (Essex County Council proposed school transport policy undermines parental choice http://wp.me/p2dr6s-gR […] Continue reading
There has been much celebration in the local press this week about the newly published Ofsted report of one of our local secondary schools, Brentwood County High School (BCHS). The school has received an across the board “Good” rating having been judged as “Satisfactory” since 2001. Much of the coverage centres on the acknowledgement within […] Continue reading
Having passed on the information contained within our post (Are there really plans for a FIFTH primary school in Sawyers Hall Lane? http://wp.me/p2dr6s-fL) as promised to the local councillors for Brentwood North, I have now been passed the responses of Essex County Council (ECC) to questions raised by Barry Aspinall the County Councillor for the […] Continue reading
