Eskdale Closure: Open Letter from MIKE WARD Following the ‘shock announcement’ on Thursday 13th January 2016 that Eskdale School, under a ‘new’ scheme to ‘amalgamate’ with Caedmon College Whitby, is virtually certain to close and the Eskdale site to be [...]
Schools For Secrets an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a glimpse into the culture of secrecy that is all too pervasive in our school management structures. ~~~~~ I draw readers’ attention to an article in the Yorkshire [...]
School Governor ‘Hatchet-Job’ Investigation – Outcome an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the outcome of the ‘Independent’ Investigation into the bigotry and chicanery behind the ousting of the Chair of the Eskdale School Board of [...]
Eskdale Conspiracy: An Open Letter to ‘The Man’ Today’s “In My View” column shares with readers an “OPEN LETTER” from NIGEL WARD to Mr Barry KHAN (Head of Legal & Democratic Services at our Local Education Authority, North Yorkshire County [...]
Local Rag Prints Letter re Eskdale School Row The Whitby Gazette has elected to print a reader’s letter expressing the widely-held public disapproval of Eskdale School Headteacher Sue WHELAN, who exceeded her remit by demanding the resignation of the Chair [...]
November 21, 2014
Letters
A Letter to the Editor from Ian HAVELOCK, writing as a member of the public. Ian HAVELOCK is also a Whitby Town Councillor and a member of the Labour Party, with long experience in the education arena as both teacher [...]
November 16, 2014
Letters
Eskdale UKIP Governor – Dramatic New Twists! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating the press and the public on the latest moves in the “dirty war” that has thrown North Yorkshire County Council into a very unwelcome [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Ray TOLLEY, formerly of South Yorkshire – now of Gateshead, who shares with readers his views on the subject of Headteacher Sue WHELAN’s “eviction” of Councillor Mike WARD (UKIP) from the Eskdale School Board [...]
November 14, 2014
Letters
Political Hatchet-Job 2015: Double Discrimination an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on BIGOTRY in school – a brewing scandal that North Yorkshire County Council CEO Richard FLINTON is hoping to keeping out of the papers at all [...]