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from Cllr Peter Thompson
Email: peter.thompson@stedsbc.gov.uk Mobile: 07810 868986
Learning about Learning This month, I had a really long and productive meeting with the Head of Sybil Andrews School, Trenica King. This followed on from lots of communications I had had from the Moreton Hall community and parents, both positive and negative. It goes without saying that I can’t go into detail about individual or private messages, but most just wanted to know what was happening with the school organisation. The school is expanding still and now has around 600 pupils after opening with closer to 150. In the last two years, they have, as a new school, had excess space and time for the children and are now operating on “normal” numbers and budgets and this has given the school a different feel and a greater buzz from when it opened. The number of teaching staff has also increased and have needed to gel together quickly. As the school is an academy, we at the council are completely removed from the system, so I think it spoke volumes that Miss King afforded me some of her valuable time in order to be so transparent on the work they are doing. After our meeting, they have appointed new reception and administration staff, which will greatly improve the communication and clarity coming out of the school. There will also be the reinstatement of the Parent’s Forum and a proper programme of parent’s evenings throughout the year so parents know what is going on. We are all on the same side and I would re-iterate the hard work going on behind the scenes at the school. Let’s all support each other.
I would like to wish everyone in our area a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. There are loads of events around the area this month - check out the Community Centre noticeboards, the Church and Facebook for details of what’s going on. Peter.thompson@stedsbc.gov.uk - 07810 868986 14 | DECEMBER 2018