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standing order and it would be much appreciated if those of you who don’t yet do so could complete a standing order mandate. If not, please pay promptly. Subscriptions are due on 1st September each year. If you receive a letter with this newsletter pointing out that your subscription is not up-to-date, please do complete the updated standing order mandate that accompanies it and return it in the envelope provided without delay. Alternatively, you may renew online, using PayPal or a debit or credit card, by visiting www.oas.org.uk and clicking on the ‘Join/Renew Online’ button. We are delighted to welcome two new members to the Society since the last magazine was published: Richard Donald Oughton (1966-67), now resident in theWirral, and LukeWalker (2007-11), from Fenay Bridge.
EMBERSHIP has slightly decreased by seven since this time last year, due to a number of deaths and resignations, and it currently stands at 730. This figure includes 21 life members, 462 fully paidup members and 166 of last summer’s leavers, to whom we offer their first year’s membership for free. It also includes 45 members who are still paying their subscription at the old rate of £5.00 per annum and who no longer receive the magazine as part of their membership. 17 of these 45 are members who have failed to notify us of a change of address, resulting in their magazines being returned, and we have therefore lost contact with them. The figure also includes 36 members who are in arrears with their subscription for the current year.The vast majority of members now pay their subscriptions by
King James’s to be an academy?
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ING JAMES’S SCHOOL could become an academy if )the results of present consultations prove positive. Originally introduced by the Labour government in 2000, academies are selfgoverning schools directly funded by central government and independent of control by local government in England. An academy may receive also additional
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support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. For the past year, the Governors of King James’s have been investigating the full implications if the School were to seek academy status. In the opinion of the Governors, the key benefits would be: The long-term future of King James’s School would be secure. The high quality of education that King