If it weren’t so serious it would be laughable that the Governors (released on their website on April 1) a letter offering, as a benefit of conversion, the grand sum of £70,000 for Vale, £70,000 for Ladywell and £50,000 for Hilly Fields.
This is a Federation that in 2014 had a combined income of £17 million, and made in what must surely be a co-incidence (??) the same amount, (£190,000) from facilities and services.
As a public service (since most communications from the school don’t actually reach parents) we reproduce them below.
And we would ask the question – where is this money coming from?
| Ladywell | Vale | Hilly Fields |
| £70,000 | £70,000 | £50,000 |
| A full time counsellor (supporting well-being for students);
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A full time counsellor (supporting well-being for students);
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| Curriculum developments such as Latin or Mandarin in the curriculum | Curriculum developments such as Latin or Mandarin in the curriculum | Curriculum developments such as Japanese or Mandarin in the curriculum |
| Introduction of numeracy support classes in year 7
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Introduction of numeracy and literacy support classes in year 7
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Protection of small group subjects in the 6th Form |
| Gifted and talented maths groups in the Primary Phase
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| The Headteacher and his team would be able to vary the curriculum 11 -16 to meet pupil needs more effectively | The Headteacher and his team would be able to vary the curriculum 3 -16 to meet pupil needs more effectively | The Headteacher and her team would be able to vary the curriculum 11 -16 to meet pupil needs more effectively. |
| It would give the freedom at Key Stage 2 and 3 for subject experts to decide their own curriculum and prepare more effectively for Key Stage 4 and 5, than the proposed arrangements under the National Curriculum would
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It would give the freedom at Key Stage 2 and 3 for subject experts to decide their own curriculum and prepare more effectively for Key Stage 4 and 5, than the proposed arrangements under the National Curriculum would
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Academy conversion gives the freedom at Key Stage 3 for departments to decide their own curriculum and prepare more effectively for Key Stage 4 and 5 than the proposed arrangements under the National Curriculum would |
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As Lewisham Council will no longer be top slicing their per pupil funding, they will have more £££ to allocate as they wish. This is one of the reasons they are forming a MAT.
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Whilst this is true, the additional costs that the MAT will have to bear (i.e. services that Lewisham currently provide centrally) are by no means trivial and will most likely exceed the additional income.
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