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Accountability

Posted on 24 September, 2008 by Andrew Brown

Every year the Aske’s governors and senior managers hold a meeting with parents to answer questions and here any concerns that parents want to raise.  As you might expect it’s the chair of governors who fronts for the rest of … Continue reading →

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Ofsteded

Posted on 16 May, 2008 by Andrew Brown

I’ve just had some informal feedback on the Ofsted inspection that Knights Academy (part of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation that I’m a governor of) has just been through and it seems very positive indeed. Hatcham follows next week. When the … Continue reading →

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Education Lecture

Posted on 27 November, 2007 by Andrew Brown

So it’s been just over a year since I became a school governor in my attempt to continue to play an active role in our civic life.I have to say that I’m not sure I’ve made an impression, perhaps because … Continue reading →

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Ashmead Primary School : Open-School for Past Pupils

Posted on 1 November, 2007 by Andrew Brown

I’ve had the following sent to me: SPREAD THE WORD – DO YOU HAVE OLDER CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEFT ASHMEAD OR KNOW OF OTHERS WHO ARE EX-ASHMEAD PUPILS? Over the weekend of 24/25 November, from 10am-3pm on each day, school … Continue reading →

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More on that Tory Policy

Posted on 24 May, 2007 by Andrew Brown

It looks like there’s a local angle to the u-turn the Tory leadership are trying to execute in ditching their commitment to grammer schools: David Willetts, its education spokesman, was visiting Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College, a school in New Cross, … Continue reading →

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And so to school

Posted on 24 May, 2007 by Andrew Brown

After the grand opening for the VIPs I got my chance to take a look at the new Knights Academy building after a governors meeting.

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Governor stuff

Posted on 7 March, 2007 by Andrew Brown

The governor meeting on Monday evening was full of interesting stuff and has given me a much clearer view on what I’ll be doing as a governor. As you can imagine quite a lot of the meeting is spent looking … Continue reading →

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Induction

Posted on 10 February, 2007 by Andrew Brown

I had my induction meeting as a governor of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation earlier this week. It was a good chance to see the New Cross end of the operation and talk to some of the senior managers, teachers and … Continue reading →

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Have I misunderstood what being a governor is about?

Posted on 1 February, 2007 by Andrew Brown

This week saw my first meeting as a governor of Aske’s, it was the Knights Academy liaison committee, which meets to consider issues which are specific to Knights. I left wondering whether I’d understood the nature of being a governor. … Continue reading →

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Christmas Concert

Posted on 8 December, 2006 by Andrew Brown

Last night was the Christmas Concert at Knights where I’ve just become one of the governors. It was my first time visiting the school and a chance to meet some of the staff and other governors. Before the concert I … Continue reading →

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