Robert Owen Free school

[sullyswife]

And the fact the chair of it all is paying his daughter to teach the kids maths ready for gcse and the homework set is primary school level

[sullyswife]

And the fact the chair of it all is paying his daughter to teach the kids maths ready for gcse and the homework set is primary school level

[adamski]

It will hit the Hereford times as I spoke to them today and told them

[adamski]

Good for you, I would have done it if you didn't.

I'm fairly sure that I'd read that the Head had previously left a position in a similar fashion?

[littlegooner97]

Yes he did leave In a similar fashion..... His previous school was labelled inadequate and put into special measures with Ofsted which is the same as he has done with Robert Owen

[adamski]

I'm speechless🙅

[Eymerk Hunt]

With disturbing events like these in Hereford, across many sectors and institutions with similar dodgy appointments, financial irregularities and local media silence. It always gets me thinking there's a much bigger agenda behind it all. And these "failings" are merely calculated plans of subversion being dressed up as incompetence.

[sullyswife]

By the sounds of it the kids and the parents of the school are planning a protest to keep their land-based teacher and get the head out

[adamski]

Interesting article on BBC news website today. Similar situation.

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

 

Academy funding must be transparent, says MP - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37761517

[littlegooner97]

Have a look on the Hereford times website

[ragwert]

I saw some of the pupils outside with save our teacher banners today

[sullyswife]

yes they did have banners stating our school our choice stop ruining our school hubble out save our teacher ect those kids done really well staying there all day and standing up and fighting for there voices to be heard lets hope the school take notice 

[sullyswife]

Ofsted inspection in there tomorrow sure they would be interested in what's been going on

[littlegooner97]

The latest Ofsted report for the school does not look too promising

[ragwert]

The latest Ofsted report for the school does not look too promising

Considering it only has 50 pupils with a staff of 19 you would of thought their Ofsted report would be up there with the best.

How can a School that can take over 300 pupils only have 50 & still be viable?

The sooner this farce is shut down the better.

[DILLIGAF]

Didn't Hereford want a University? Problem solved. Nah that's too economical and sensible for our cretinous backward-thinking county planning department.

 

Isn't there a ROFS opposite Holme Lacy College too? Perfect University placement for Agricultural students wanting further education locally.

 

But that's too sensible.......

[littlegooner97]

Apparently they gave their holme lacy site back to the council.... But we have now found out they have been using their minibuses with no mot since november

[adamski]

If that's correct then someone really needs taking to task. No MOT = invalidated insurance policy!

[littlegooner97]

It was all checked on dvla website and Andy Hubble claims that they didn't know

[adamski]

I guess this just epitomises the whole operation!

[adamski]

I had a peek too. One of them was in use for a few months with a braking system that failed the MOT when it was eventually done! Brilliant!

[Denise Lloyd]

https://t.co/iNmRtO8Op0

Government 'wastes billions' on state-of-art free schools leaving state schools in dire state of repair

National Audit Office report says £6.7bn needed just to bring all existing school buildings up to a 'satisfactory' standard

[megilleland]

And lets not forget the PFI scandal. PFI deals were invented in 1992 by the Conservative government led by Sir John Major, but became widespread under Labour after 1997. The schemes usually involved large scale buildings such as new schools and hospitals, or infrastructure projects which would previously have been publicly funded by the Treasury.

 

 

Schools Week - 4th May 2016

 

While schools are already struggling under the burden of hefty financial commitments, Schools Week can reveal the overall repayments will continue rising until they peak in 2024/25.

 

The figures suggest emerging PFI problems will only get worse in the coming years as schools struggle while budgets tighten.

 

An analysis of the latest official Treasury figures shows taxpayers have already paid £7.5 billion in contract repayments – known as the unitary charge – for school PFIs up to the end of 2014/15.

 

The unitary charge is the fee the public sector pays for the services it receives from PFI projects.

 

The charge includes the repayment for the building, as well as costs for services, such as cleaning and maintenance.

 

The amount currently paid back is close to the actual overall capital value – total worth of the buildings – which is listed as £7.8 billion.

 

Schools Week can reveal the total amount of cash the government estimates is still left to pay totals more than £22 billion over the remaining years of the contracts.

 

The remaining debt works out at more than £1 million for each of England’s 21,728 state-funded schools.

 

The total charges are expected to be nearly £30 billion over the lifetime of the 168 PFI projects. This is nearly four times as much as the total capital value of the projects.re expected to be nearly £30 billion over the lifetime of the 168 PFI projects. This is nearly four times as much as the total capital value of the projects.

 

Public money siphoned offshore by our banks and investment companies.

[twowheelsgood]

The Whitecross High School and Specialist Sports College is a PFI scheme and was struggling to cover its contractual costs as far back as early 2014 (£750k pa and rising at 3.6% pa), as reported in the HT. It's pretty obvious that the Council have been taken to the cleaners on this one - the sale of the old Whitecross School site barely covered the cost of one year of PFI payment, and that's before the cost of demolition and site clearance, which the Council paid for as well.

[Denise Lloyd]

The Council just are not qualified/competent call it what you want to deal with anything relating to property - the millions they have thrown down the drain is nothing short of a disgrace. The saddest part is that they just do not learn from their mistakes.

[littlegooner97]

Letter came from the school today Andy Hubble is leaving at Easter after ruining the place

[twowheelsgood]

The first post in this thread back in June 2014 said;

 

Coincidentally, a Mr Andrew Hubble resigned as principal of an academy in West Walsall earlier this year after it was found by ofsted to be inadequate in nearly all respects including leadership and management.  I wonder if this is the same Mr Andrew Hubble.  And, if so, what the kids at the school have done to deserve someone with that track record. 

 

It is the same Mr Hubble. 

[littlegooner97]

It is the very same man and apparently he is going to be head teacher at another school.... I just hope that they realise what they are letting themselves in for

[twowheelsgood]

Well, those that have appointed him clearly haven't done a simple google search - but then we've seen that so many times with our own Herefordshire Council, and it's cost us dear.

[ragwert]

The first post in this thread back in June 2014 said;

 

Coincidentally, a Mr Andrew Hubble resigned as principal of an academy in West Walsall earlier this year after it was found by ofsted to be inadequate in nearly all respects including leadership and management.  I wonder if this is the same Mr Andrew Hubble.  And, if so, what the kids at the school have done to deserve someone with that track record. 

 

It is the same Mr Hubble. 

Here's an interesting  story regarding the School he left

 

http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/hard-work-gets-academy-track/story-21260267-detail/story.html