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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

“In Education, Children Get Only One Chance!”

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 [...]

March 18, 2016 North Yorkshire County 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

“Absence Makes The Representation Non-Existent”

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 [...]

March 6, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Eskdale: An Open Letter/Email to Robert Goodwill MP

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 [...]

February 16, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Whitby Education: 2 Heads Are Better Than 1

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 [...]

February 11, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale School: Consultation

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 [...]

February 10, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

“The Price Of Everything – The Value of Nothing”

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 [...]

February 3, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale School: Another Brick In The Wall

Eskdale School: Another Brick In The Wall an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the parts of the Eskdale jigsaw that other publications do not reach – much less piece together. ~~~~~ [This article is intended to supplement [...]

February 2, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council