Tory NOCK Knocks Opposition an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a blatant electioneering letter in this week’s Whitby Gazette. ~~~~~ With the North Yorkshire County Council elections seven weeks away, the Scarborough & Whitby Conservative Association, [...]
On the back of mounting a laughable and ultimately futile anti-Trump protest in Scarborough town centre, the Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party are now taking part in a march on Parliament. What’s the cause? The Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party [...]
SN Publishes NYE Editor’s Letter Today, Thursday 15th March 2017, the Scarborough News has published a letter from North Yorks Enquirer editor TIM THORNE, addressing the hypocrisy of double-dipper County and Borough Councillor Eric BROADBENT [Lab.]. Tim covered this issue [...]
Guest Author Mike Ward, former Chair of Governors at Eskdale School, Whitby, shares his observations on a recent incredible OfSTED Report ~~~~~ A Hidden Agenda For Our Schools?! Is there still a hidden agenda behind what is happening in education [...]
NYCC: May ’17 Election Timetable Elections for the 72 seats on North Yorkshire County Council will take place on Thursday 4th May 2017. The present political party distribution is shown below: [...]
Murder In The Classroom: The Other Side of Safeguarding an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on forthcoming developments in the ANN MAGUIRE murder case – and the surprise appearance of an all-too-familiar name . . . ~~~~~ [...]
Beyond OfSTED: Two ‘Good’ Schools – Or All Hype? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, looking beyond OfSTED for an objective evaluation of two ‘Good’ schools: Actual Achievement -v- Reputational Management. ~~~~~ Readers who are familiar with [...]
Labour/UKIP Condemn Allowances Increase Following yesterday’s meeting of North Yorkshire County Council, the Enquirer has received two Press Releases – first from County Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] and, within minutes, from County Councillor David SIMISTER [Ukip] criticising the extraordinary decision [...]
A Letter to the Editor from an ex-pat from North Yorkshire, Win SMITH, crystal-ball gazing on the subject of Caedmon College Whitby, where OfSTED has recently conducted an Inspection. ~~~~~ Sir, When is average good? Perhaps when OFSTED inspects CCW. [...]
NYCC/CYPS: “Carry On OfSTED” an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, flagging up the accumulating signs of a senior management melt-down in the North Yorkshire education sector – and a spectacular OfSTED farce at Caedmon College Whitby. ~~~~~ The [...]