The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has published a report after an investigation found that Dorset County Council had failed to provide suitable provision for a child with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The complaint was made after the family involved felt the council had failed to ensure...
Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (DLEP) has secured £250,000 of Local Growth funding to create a Centre of Excellence for Motor Vehicle Technology at Weymouth College. The redevelopment aims to future-proof the College’s infrastructure, introduce pioneering industry standards to a growing number of students and support local employment in engineering.
The...
ESFA admits to redacting information about Aspirations Academy for fear of ‘damaging public confidence…’
Dorset Council are now voicing their own concerns.
Dorset Council’s second letter requesting that the Secretary of State agree to a delay in the forced academisation process of Budmouth College in Weymouth was made public this week.
Rt Hon...
Shocking! Shocking! Shocking! The public are being lied to left, right and centre and now on our doorstep a private company is taking over our schools and information is being kept from us that would lead us to seriously question the capability of said company.
This is now becoming an...
Leaked letter from Dorset Council to the Secretary of State for Education which clearly states why the takeover of Budmouth College by Aspirations Academy Trust should be halted immediately.
Southill Primary School has taken part in a competition, drawing a character from the past who may have visited Radipole Park and Gardens, Weymouth.
Radipole Park and Gardens has an interesting and varied history with evidence of Roman Settlements, stories of Victorian gentry rowing upstream and US army soldiers using...
Turning schools in to academies has caused a lot of controversy. The obsession with results has turned some children in to 'robots' whilst mental health issues are spiralling amongst young people. Surely the point of formal education is to create rounded healthy young people who find the process of...
Leader of Dorset Council, Spencer Flower, has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds MP, asking for the Government to take urgent action to address the national crisis around for funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The call comes after...
Another local school (following on from Atlantic Academy Portland consult about closure of early years provision) seeks to make staff redundant. It may be worth contacting your new councillors and MP to find out what is going on.
This is a letter that went out to parents....
Atlantic Academy have told parents they want to close their early years provision because it isn't "viable". And there are lots of other providers on Portland. How do Portland families and staff who work there feel about this?
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