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Open Letter: Whitby Secondary Partnership

Open Letter: Whitby Secondary Partnership Ms Christina ZANELLI – Co-Chair Board of Governors: Whitby Secondary Partnership and Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Yorkshire Endeavour Academy Trust (YEAT) Ms Su CROSSLAND – Co-Chair Board of Governors: Whitby Secondary Partnership Mr Jamie HENSHAW [...]

February 24, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

NYC Corporate Structure

NYC Corporate Structure – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, sharing details of the proposed Paid Service Corporate structure of North Yorkshire Council, our new unitary authority (from 1st April 2023). ~~~~~ For reference, readers may wish to [...]

February 22, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

“Out of the Bag”

“Out of the Bag” The North Yorks Enquirer has received a deeply disturbing Letter to the Editor from a Whitby educator who, for fear of recriminations and/or retaliation, has requested anonymity. Only because the information contained therein has been confirmed [...]

February 20, 2023 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale: The Hidden Agenda

Eskdale: The Hidden Agenda Today’s Letter to the Editor, concerning the proposed ‘amalgamation’ of the Whitby secondary schools, is from the members of the Keep Choice in Whitby and Save Eskdale School campaign groups, who have asked that readers study [...]

February 16, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

Potto: Where’s the Money? [Pt.3]

Potto: Where’s the Money? [Pt.3] – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting Part 3 of an investigation into Potto Parish Council. Having previously shown “How much?” (many thousands) and “How?” (unlawfully), the question now arises: “Why?” If you are a Potto reader and [...]

January 29, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Potto

ESKDALE: Other Options

ESKDALE: Other Options Guest Author MIKE WARD – former Chair of Governors at Eskdale School – sets the ball rolling in the search for an acceptable solution to the many problems of Whitby’s Secondary School provision. Let the conversation begin [...]

January 27, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

Open Letter to Eskdale Governors

Open Letter to Eskdale Governors A MUST READ Open Letter to the Board of Governors of Eskdale School, on behalf, surely, of a sizeable majority of Whitby’s parents and children. Please read it – and act! ~~~~~ To the Headteachers and [...]

January 24, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

Whitby Schools Amalgamation

Whitby Schools Amalgamation Guest Author MIKE WARD thinks ‘outside the box’ on the proposed amalgamation of Whitby’s secondary school provision. ~~~~~ The current proposal to close Eskdale cannot benefit any 11–16-year-old, whether currently at Caedmon or at Eskdale. Undoubtedly it would significantly [...]

January 13, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

“Eskdale Forever!”

The following Letter to the Editor from a pupil’s mother, MARIA CARSON, herself a former Eskdale School pupil, gives voice to the prevailing view of Eskdale parents and pupils. No doubt others will wish to have their say. It arrived [...]

January 9, 2023 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale School: Here We Go Again!

Eskdale School: Here We Go Again! Guest Author MIKE WARD, former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors (and a key figure in the successful 2016 campaign that forced North Yorkshire County Council’s Head of Children & Young People’s [...]

January 6, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council