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Save Eskdale – Consultation Response

Save Eskdale – Consultation Response Here follows the Consultation response from the Fight to Save Eskdale School group. Readers who feel thay have a contribution to make to the Save Eskdale cause are invited to respond to the Consultation individually [...]

April 6, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale/Caedmon Amalgamation – The JSG Minutes

Eskdale/Caedmon Amalgamation – The JSG Minutes In response to a Freedom of Information request from a member of the public, NYCC has disclosed, in part, Minutes of the Joint Steering Group (the ‘Shadow’ Governing Body’) Meetings relating to the proposed [...]

April 5, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Safeguarding Shambles In NYCC Schools

Safeguarding Shambles In NYCC Schools an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, lifting the lid on an appalling institutional conspiracy of silence regarding bullying, self-harming and worse. ~~~~~ Throughout the acrimonious debate surrounding the closure of Eskdale School in [...]

April 1, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

“The Worst School In Britain”

“The Worst School In Britain” a blast from the past “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD – school year of 1972/73. ~~~~~ It would be the simplest of mistakes to sit behind a desk in Children & Young Peoples’ [...]

April 1, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

NYCC: No Second CHANCE

NYCC: No Second CHANCE an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on a recent article in which doubt was cast on the veracity of public statements made by Executive County Councillor David CHANCE [Con.]. ~~~~~ Following publication of [...]

March 31, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Self-Indictment – The Game of CHANCE

Self-Indictment – The Game of CHANCE an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a curious game of ‘Find The Liar’. ~~~~~ I have thus far resisted requests and temptations to comment in detail on the character and [...]

March 25, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

NYCC: Safeguarding Crisis

NYCC: Safeguarding Crisis an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on a significant development in the on-going Eskdale/Caedmon saga. ~~~~~ A disturbing number of Safeguarding issues (though even one would be more than enough) at what was [...]

March 23, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

“A Little Heavy Relief”

“A Little Heavy Relief” an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining one more of the little ways in which Council employees enjoy a privileged position above the law (complete with explanatory pie-chart). ~~~~~ In the midst of the [...]

March 18, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Consultation? Confrontation!

Consultation? Confrontation! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, summing up the acrimonious stand-off over the intended closure of Eskdale School. (With thanks to Tom BRODRICK of The Reading Room Gallery, for use of his photo of the NYCC [...]

March 16, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Dwyer, Dwyer – Pants On Fire!

Dwyer, Dwyer – Pants On Fire! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on Round One of the Eskdale School closure “consultation” ~~~~~ Monday 14th March 2016. Whitby Pavilion. Arriving a little early at last night’s “consultation” meeting [...]

March 15, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council