Spotlight
Guest Author Mike WARD – former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors (from which at least two Governors, including Bob McGOVERN, have reportedly just resigned – see here and table, below) – has kindly shared his Formal Response [...]
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 [...]
A Letter to the Editor for all Whitby parents of schoolkids, present and future, from Tim and Christine LANDERS. ~~~~~ Dear Whitby Area Parents, In Education, Children Get Only One Chance! If North Yorkshire’s proposals for Secondary Education in Whitby [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guest Author Allan ROBERTS of Scarborough (whose powers of scrutiny have identified a very poor performance indeed on the part of Scarborough Borough Council Leader, Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] [Scalby ward]) informs readers about the quality of representation local fishermen [...]
An Open Letter/Email to Robert Goodwill MP – from Mike Ward, former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors, to Scarborough & Whitby Member of Parliament Robert Goodwill. (The ‘comments and letters’ to which Mike refers in his text [...]
Guest Author Mike WARD, former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors, identifies a practicable alternative to Pete DWYER’s Report to County Councillor Arthur BARKER; an alternative that is conspicuously absent from the Report – and, more importantly, from [...]
Eskdale School: Consultation County Councillor Arthur Barker, Executive Member for Children & Young Peoples’ Services, has kindly provided a copy of Pete DWYER’s Report of 9th February 2016, recommending that the Executive Member should “give approval to consult on a [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Rob BARNETT, elected member for the Streonshalh ward, in which Eskdale School and many of its students/parent/teachers reside. Rob taught in East London for four decades. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Re Proposed [...]
