A meeting will take place this weekend to discuss proposals for a new ‘free school’ in the area.
Nouvelle Racines had previously outlined their desire to set up a new languages state school outside of local authority control but their bid was not one of the first sixteen announced by the Department for Education earlier this month.
Greenwich.co.uk understands the original hit a stumbling block when the council let it be known that the former Charlotte Turner site in Deptford would not be available.
Nouvelle Racines say they are now refining their proposal with a view to opening in 2011. They say they have already received expressions of interest from 135 families with more than 200 children between them.
The meeting will to discuss the new school, which would offer the International Baccalaureate (IB), will take place on Saturday 25th September at West Greenwich House Community Centre, Greenwich High Road, at 2pm.
Have the three teachers – Gladys, Semi and Alison – not read the story of the Trojan horse?
When a Government intent on cutting services and privatising the Royal Mail, NHS, housing and schools invites you to meet them to set up a ‘free school’, don’t you realise that you should beware a politician bearing gifts?
Why are the Tories promising to help parents set up schools? – to use their genuine conenrs for their children to help the Government rip apart community education, in order to replace Loacl Authpority scholling by schools run by private businesses.
It’s the politics of Sarkozy – it must be rejected
I fear that Labour controlled authorities will ensure that enough road blocks will be placed in the way of any new schools that are outside of their control. It is an anthema to these leftists and their school union paymasters to see their eductaion hegemony broken.
New ‘free school’ is a great opportunity for the people in the area. I have spoken with lots of different families and it and all are interested and looking forward to its opening.