Annoyances and Irritations News & Updates
- 29th June 2008
Even Professor Kate Jacques, pro-vice chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and a long-time advocate of the two tier system admits: "Parents like middle schools. It means their children can be in a primary school environment for longer. And pupil
- 28th June 2008
The move proposed by Bedford County Council to a limited two tier structure looks innocuous. It covers just 21 schools in the Bedford and Kempston area.
It is not yet known whether the rest of the county could follow suit later.
The switch would m
- 21st June 2008
Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) has confirmed it has no power to close schoools under arrangements governing the transition to the new Bedford Unitary Authority. Some have taken this to mean that the introduction of two tier schools for Bedford and Ke
- 19th June 2008
The proposal to abandon the three-tier schools in Bedford and Kempston and return to a two-tier system has been characterised as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change education in the town".
That's not true. Education in the town was changed fr
- 18th June 2008