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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
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The Bolingbroke free school
Having been a little cynical about the value of some meetings I found myself rather enjoying last night’s full council, despite it being a meeting in which I made no contribution other than voting. The key debate was on the Bolingbroke free school, and free schools more generally. It was fascinating because, for the first
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged Andy Gibbons, Bolingbroke, competition, education, Edward Lister, free schools, socialism
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Belleville: A better way
There is no doubt the council’s current consultation on expansion at Belleville is stirring up heated debate. Reading through some of the conversations that are taking place on forums like Streetbook and NappyValleyNet it’s clear there are many different views about the council’s proposed solution to the ‘problem’. I’ll be honest, I never thought that
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Posted in Shaftesbury
Also tagged Belleville, education, Forthbridge Road, free schools, Honeywell, Jonathan Cook, Paddock, schools, Vines
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Does the council stop good behaviour?
I’ve followed, from a distance, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) conference today. Far from having sessions on fat cat salaries this morning seems to have been devoted to dismissing Nudge to move onto a new fad involving social connections. Nudge was on one of those fads taken up a few years ago
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Primary school admissions
Offers of places in the borough’s primary schools last week and while many parents will be pleased with the schools their child has been offered many will have been disappointed. About a third of parents did not get their child into their first choice of school, and while there will still be some change (people
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