Tag Archives: Academy schools

Oh-bla-di, oh-bla-da, life goes on

Posted on July 2, 2014 by forwardtranslations

So, here we are. After all the fighting, protesting and general agitation, ideology has trumped evidence, justice and democracy. Cavell Primary and Nursery School is now The Edith Cavell Academy. We had one last protest yesterday morning but we’re not … Continue reading →

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Standing Up for Education and Cavell

Posted on March 26, 2014 by forwardtranslations

I was somewhat surprised and more than a little nervous to be asked by the local NUT rep if I’d speak at their strike rally this lunchtime. Having got my head round the idea though, I agreed to give it … Continue reading →

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An Academy Order for Cavell but We Fight On!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by forwardtranslations

A letter from Michael Gove was sent out this afternoon saying that he has made an academy order for Cavell to become an academy by 1st July. We are massively disappointed, but sadly not surpised, that the Department for Education have ignored the … Continue reading →

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Travesty, treachery, betrayal!

Posted on February 13, 2014 by forwardtranslations

So, things had quietened down a bit. I was getting back to work, back in the swing of blogging about books and translation and other matters that this blog is supposed to be about. We had started to breathe a … Continue reading →

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On Being Promised a Pig in a Poke

Posted on November 24, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Thank you to everyone who shared my last blog post and sorry for having rather neglected the blog since then. There’ve been all kinds of interesting things that I’d normally rather like to write about, but strangely enough, the whole … Continue reading →

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(Another) Open Letter to Michael Gove

Posted on November 9, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Dear Mr Gove, I know you’re getting a lot of open letters these days, but I do hope that you will read and pay attention to them. Maybe it would be a good idea to consider why so many people … Continue reading →

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