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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
School places in Richmond borough: links to articles on this website and elsewhere
• What is judicial review? [Public Law Project Information Leaflet 2]
• The Use of the Clifden Road Site: the Law, the Church and the Council [May 17]
• New Secondary Schools for Richmond 3 [Mumsnet Discussion Forum]
• Possible Catholic schools in Richmond upon Thames [Council web page]
• The agenda for the meeting of the Education and Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 7 pm; Reports for the meeting: • Statutory Proposals To Establish A Voluntary-Aided Catholic Secondary School And A Voluntary-Aided Catholic Primary School; • Use Of Clifden Road Site; • Catholic school wins committee backing [RTT May 16]
• Faith schools open by 'back door', warn campaigners [TES Apr 27]
• Jane Dodds: What we need is a new 5 form entry community school on the Clifden Road site [Apr 25]
• What to do with the Clifden Road site: the Lib Dem view [Mar 18]
• Second Opinion? No thanks - we're Tories! [Feb 28]
Proposed Free Schools: • Primary Hampton Church School; • Primary and Secondary Maharishi School; • Secondary New Local School for Twickenham; • Thomson House Primary School
• The (proposed new Voluntary Aided) Catholic Secondary School for Richmond upon Thames
• RISC's judicial review - as reported by Google News
• Humanists and RISC taking Richmond Council to court over Catholic school [RTT Apr 13]
• Council's Catholic school plan to go to Judicial Review [Apr 12]
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• Sixth forms: A good idea or not? The Liberal Democrat view [March 31]
• Gove backs 50 % limit on faith school admissions [Telegraph Mar 30]
• Gove's faith in new Catholic school is strictly limited [TES Mar 31]
• Michael Gove calls for faith pupil limit in Twickenham school [BBC Mar 30]
• Another new secondary school considered for borough [Council press release Mar 20]
• Letter from Nick Whitfield, LBRuT Director of Education, to RISC Feb 09
• Council Consultation Violates Education Law [RISC Press release Feb 13]
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• Schools grant greeted with delight by Council [Press release Jan 20]
• Council to spend £10.4m to expand six primaries [Press release Jan 20]
• Use of the Clifden Road Site, Twickenham [Consultation of residents by the borough council Jan 20]
• Twickenham's Catholic school consultation starts tomorrow [RTT Jan 19]
• New Catholic Schools in the London Borough of Richmond [RC Diocese of Westminster Jan 16]
• Hampton Wick parents against Avenue Centre private development [Facebook]
• A Proposal for a new Science & Engineering School for Richmond borough / Facebook
• Latest move on Clifden School site [Council press release Jan 06]
• Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign Briefing: Secondary School Capacity & Demand [January 2012]
• Proposal for a free church school for Hampton [Jan 2012] / Facebook
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• Parents being 'misled' on sixth form proposal [letter to the RTT Dec 30 by Cllr Elloy]
• Proposals emerge for a primary 'free school' in Barnes, Mortlake or East Sheen [RTT Dec 26]
• Report by RISC on the mini-debate on the second RC petition [Dec 13]
• Thomson House School [Barnes / East Sheen / Mortlake proposed primary free school]
• Secondary School Priorities (Cabinet paper Nov 24)
• Primary and Secondary School Priorities - Capital Projects (Cabinet paper Nov 24)
• The Education Act 2011 [Nov 28]
• Eady: A new community secondary school must be the first priority [July 18]]
• New Secondary Schools for Richmond 2 [Mumsnet live thread Nov 28 on]; • [Mumsnet original thread 1,000 posts up to Nov 27]
• What to do with the Clifden road site: A message from Vince Cable [Nov 25]
• RISC paper: Taking Risks with Secondary School Priorities (9 pages). This is a detailed critique of the council demand forecast; it considers: birthrate increases and new school places in neighbouring boroughs; imports and exports of pupils; the %s going private; free schools; and the likely end of school links. [Nov 24]
• Consultation on removal of the 'linked schools' criterion for admission to Grey Court, Orleans Park and Teddington [Nov 24]
• Linked schools consultation home page [ends 13/01/12]
• Secondary school places: report for the Scrutiny Committee November 21
• Council will consult on Catholic Secondary School [Council press release Nov 09]
• Richmond Receives £3.9m to ease school places strain [Council press release Nov 09]
• Will School Consultation Be Genuine? [RISC press release Nov 07]
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• Special meeting of Richmond Council, Tuesday, 1 Nov Agenda • Live web broadcast.
• Eady comments on the expansion of Orleans Infants and St Stephen's Schools [Oct 25]
• Cabinet member tries to cover up breach of procedure on Catholic school plan [Oct 20]
• Richmond Council Denies Offering Site For Catholic School [Oct 19]
• The Council's plans for the Clifden road site [Oct 17 published on Nov 10]
• Lib Dems call extraordinary council meeting to press for consultation on new school [Oct 17]
• Secondary school places: Hodgins dodges the questions - AGAIN [Oct 13]
• Cllr Eady's forecasts [Oct 13]: 
Secondary school predictions p.1 
Secondary school predictions p.2
• Cllr Malcolm Eady's Secondary School Predictions [October 2011]
• Abolishing the 'linked schools' system: who gains? who loses? A forecast for Orleans Park [Oct 10]
• Linked schools policy: scrap and use ˜home to school distance' instead? [Sep 24]
• The new school for Twickenham: What happens next? [Sep 17]
• Call for consultation on new Twickenham secondary school [Sep 16]
• The debate on the Inclusive Schools petition [Sep 13]
• The Inclusive Schools Petition: the Liberal Democrat response [Sep 13]
• Eady: The lack of a co-ordinated approach on schools is worrying parents [letter to the RTT Aug 15]
• Purchase of Clifden Road site site for the provision of school places [Council minute, July 21]
• Faith Schools: A Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrat Briefing
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• New Secondary School Competition, Kingston upon Thames: Report from the seminar for potential proposers held on 18 May 2010 • 'Determination: Under the powers conferred on us by schedule 2 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006, we hereby determine that the proposed new secondary school in North Kingston shall be established by the Kingston Education Trust from 1 September 2015.'
• Vince Cable MP on Faith Schools [House of Commons 06/02/02]
• Education & Children's Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee Briefing Notes/General Information [Scrutiny meeting Oct 17] • Educational priorities progress report [Oct 17]
• Cllr Hodgson's letter [RTT Sep 30 p. 24] • RTT Archive
• Admissions and school places FAQs [DfE website] • Faith schools [DfE website]
• Great new state school - but only if you're Catholic [Daily Mirror Sep 21]
• Contracts exchanged for new Twickenham school [Council press release Sep 05]
• Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign / RISC on Facebook • Accord coalition • Campaigners collect more than 1,000 signatures opposing Catholic school plan [RTT Sep 04]
• Richmond Free School • No demand for Richmond free school, says DfE: [RTT Aug 31] • Maharishi Free School Richmond, Surrey
• New Future for Clifden Site [RACC press release Jul 15]
• The continuing tradition of Catholic education [Maeve McCormack, Comment is free, May 07]
• Parents in favour of Catholic secondary school for Richmond turn out for debate [RTT Apr 07]
• Gove asked to consider new model of Catholic academy [Catholic Herald Jan 17]
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