Parents are threatening the academy trust which runs a Blackheath school with legal action over plans to cut 27 jobs in its special educational needs department. United Learning wants to make 24 support staff and three teachers redundant at John Roan School’s SEN department. Only 12 posts will remain out of 32, with the 24 […]
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Sharing laptops in lockdown: How communities helped people stay connected
When schools and shops closed suddenly in March, many children were left without ways of accessing their lessons, while many older people found they did not have the technology needed to access services online. Two community appeals have helped bridge the gap for those who were left behind by the lockdown. Teachers, parents and students […]
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You don’t represent us, John Roan parents tell anti-academy campaigners
Concerned parents have called for stability at a 340-year-old school at the centre of an ongoing row over becoming an academy. John Roan School in Blackheath was hit with an academisation order after a damning Ofsted report found it to be inadequate last year. The government has said that United Learning will take the school […]
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Activists disrupt meeting as Greenwich Council nods through John Roan academy order
Greenwich Council has rubber-stamped the takeover of John Roan School by the United Learning academies trust amid angry scenes at Woolwich Town Hall, effectively ending a bitter struggle over the future of the historic Blackheath school. Last night’s meeting was suspended after disruption by activists from the John Roan Resists campaign, which has opposed the […]
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United Learning confirmed as taking over John Roan School
The academy chain United Learning has been confirmed as the new sponsor of John Roan School in Blackheath, ending months of uncertainty about the historic school’s future. United Learning will take over the school in September but will begin working alongside its headteacher Cath Smith immediately, parents were told today. The 300-year-old school, which is […]
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Academy boss tipped to run John Roan hits out at school protesters
The boss of the trust tipped to take over troubled John Roan School has hit back at critics who oppose it becoming an academy – and has effectively accused them of intimidation and bullying. Jon Coles, the chief executive of United Learning, challenged John Roan Resists to prove it was questioning Greenwich Council over the […]
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University Schools Trust pulls out of John Roan academy plan
The controversial trust behind plans to concert John Roan School into an academy has pulled out of the scheme, saying it does not have the resources to turn the troubled school around. University Schools Trust (UST), which already runs the Greenwich Trust School in Charlton, was called into the school by Greenwich Council to provide […]
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John Roan School academy approval deferred by Greenwich Council
The rubber-stamping of a controversial academy order for John Roan School in Blackheath has been deferred by the council. The decision to sign the school over to University Schools Trust (UST), the body that was nominated to take it over, has been pushed back for “further due diligence”. The school was given an academy order […]
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