Save Our Schools

At the moment, Haling Manor specialises in Music and English.  We were given a hint that if Haling Manor became an academy Music would be included as a specialism, along with Enterprise (whatever that is) and Sport.  However, at a recent meeting it was made clear that this would not be the case.

We think that, given Croydon's failure to carry out an Equalities Impact Assessment, the choice of Enterprise and Sport as specialisms is downright patronising and insulting to the students of Haling Manor.

Croydon SOS have posted an e-petition which ends 20th May.  We need as many signatures as possible.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/croydonschools/

Academies are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.  This means that, largely, they control what information is released.  Many of the contracts of employment (including Harris's) contain "gagging" clauses, further restricting what is know about any given academy.  The link below is an e-petition to remove the exemption.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/academy-foi/

SOS tried, as a result of time restraints, to take a complaint about the way in which the "consultation" was handled direct to the LGO.  This was denied and the complaint has now been made to Croydon Council as the first stage.  This is the text of the complaint.

Following the news that Oasis Mayfield is top of the league for losing students by excluding them, it appears that Oasis Immingham is losing teachers because they are finding jobs elsewhere.  At one of the Easter teachers' conference, we were told that 28 staff had left.