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North Yorkshire County Council has issued the following announcement. Sadly, it is not entirely transparent: County Council suspends decision on Whitby’s schools Published: 13 April 2016 North Yorkshire County Council has decided to suspend further decision-taking on the proposal to [...]
Eskdale: ALL Consultation Responses North Yorkshire County Council has published all of the responses to its ‘consultation’ on the Eskdale School closure/amalgamation proposals, amongst other key documents on its website. With the exception of a degree of support from CCW [...]
Eskdale: At Last – The UNREDACTED JSG Minutes 17/03/16 So now we know . . . and quite serendipitously . . . ~~~~~ From: Jackie Hunter <J.Hunter@ccwhitby.co.uk> Date: 7 April 2016 at 08:32:15 BST To: [redacted] Subject: RE: Information Request, [...]
Greater Yorkshire Devolution – Cui Bono? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining forthcoming changes to local government arrangements. ~~~~~ Despite the fact that the largest reform of local government arrangements since the Local Government Act 1972 has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
