Tomorrow night Bentworth Primary is hosting an open evening to discuss becoming an ARK Academy. PACS hopes relevant and helpful information is made available at this meeting, as the information provided in the consultation document contained mainly generalities about ARK and the Academies programme. Bentworth's consultation document explains very little in the way of proposed changes that are ... Read More
PACS has recently seen a document distributed by West London Free School on the proposed admissions arrangements for 2013-2014. Despite a prohibition in the school admissions code to give preference on the basis of parents past or current hobbies or activities, the WLFS proposed admissions arrangements gives admissions preference to Founders Children. ‘those individuals who played a major ... Read More
29/01/2012 Tags: community schools, free schools, west london free school
Category: Community Schools, Free Schools, Freedom of Information Act No Comments 
I was extremely pleased to attend this year's Music for Youth 'Schools Prom' on the 9th November at Royal Albert Hall. I really felt deeply honoured to be with so many children (3,000 plus over the course of three nights) performing with complete and unremitting pride in the incredible music that they have learned -and ... Read More
19/11/2011 Tags: music, supporting schools
Category: Community Schools, PACS Presence No Comments
A random search on google today brought up a draft of the Rivendale Free School curriculum plans - 'for discussion purposes only' - uploaded to the TES website on 10th Jan 2011. Rivendale Curriculum Organisation of Learning Though free schools claim 'freedom from the National Curriculum', this doesn't seem much different than what happens in Local Authority ... Read More
09/01/2012 Tags: Rivendale
Category: Free Schools, Rivendale No Comments
West London Free School 'Lower School'
Primary schools at risk
As you read in our post about West London Free Primary, Toby Young is soon applying to open a 2 form of entry primary school (which he's calling a 'Lower School') at Cambridge Grove. Within a one mile radius there are 12 Community Primary Schools 5 Voluntary Aided Primary Schools 15 Independent Primary Schools The map below shows the relative ... Read More
01/01/2012 Tags: flora gardens, free school, hammersmith and fulham, parents, Toby Young, west london free school
Category: Community Schools, Free Schools, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, WLFS Proposed Primary No Comments
WLFS Primary School
The unveiling
Back on 29th of April of this year, @toadmeister intimated that he planned to set up a 2 form of entry primary school. Nothing has been said since then, to our knowledge - until the publication of the Hammersmith and Fulham Council Cabinet Agenda for 9th January. There are a lot of questions to be answered, ... Read More
27/12/2011 Tags: free schools, parents, primary schools, Toby Young, west london free school
Category: Free Schools, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, WLFS Proposed Primary No Comments
Please let your holiday gift shopping support your local schools! It won't cost you a thing! How? Sign up at http://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk . I've signed up to support Addison, but many schools are listed. Your purchases through the vendors at the site (like Amazon, Ebay, Tesco...) give a percentage to the school. It is worthwhile and across ... Read More
A very interesting Freedom of Information Act response on the Hammersmith and Fulham website provided information on the applicants who have been accepted into West London Free School's first cohort. When one has a look at the admissions criteria, it is hard to see how the entry cohort was created after hearing so much about ... Read More
We at PACS are very happy to learn that Addison Primary came through its recent Ofsted inspection very well. Ofsted declared Addison 'GOOD' with a good capacity to continue improving. Representing a sound move to improve standards in accountability in schools, a new Inspection regime has been in place which is much more challenging than the ... Read More
04/11/2011 Tags: addison, ofsted, primary schools, supporting schools
Category: Community Schools No Comments
PACS has received two more Freedom of Information Act request responses from the Hammersmith and Fulham Council. The first response -our tenth request - was fulfilled on the due date. However the response itself was distinctly odd. The Council had written an earlier response which included a letter to the DfE in support of Rivendale's proposals, ... Read More
16/06/2011 Tags: free school, freedom of information act, Rivendale
Category: Free Schools, Freedom of Information Act, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Rivendale No Comments
