tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post360090735750055395..comments2024-01-25T09:28:56.610+00:00Comments on Confessions of a skeptic: The Safeguarding meetingJonathan Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-78872495656720056692010-09-14T22:44:15.638+01:002010-09-14T22:44:15.638+01:00This evening the Bursar refused to let me enter th...This evening the Bursar refused to let me enter the meeting as I am no longer a current parent despite the fact that I have just finished paying the last lot of school fees this August. What are they frightened of - there was security everywhere. The Bursar Mrs De Cintra is also the Secretary to the Advisors so she holds enormous power and has 3 children, 2 of whom are still pupils, she knows all financial details and personal details of all parents and staff and is one of the group who actually run the school, Mr Cleugh and the Simmons couple make up the rest. The abbot is a puppet to them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-52041593734059042112010-09-11T17:23:20.617+01:002010-09-11T17:23:20.617+01:00yes go anyway. School were fully aware of last vic...yes go anyway. School were fully aware of last victim's "involvement" with monastery and did nothing to stop it. Open secret that victim was being prepped for joining monastery. Nothing was seen as abnormal but thats the probem. Exactly why did sopper suddenly stop being abbott?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-78915580437482313862010-09-11T10:54:32.326+01:002010-09-11T10:54:32.326+01:00The ISI at it again - the inspectorate for ISC sc...The ISI at it again - the inspectorate for ISC schools fears one thing above all others - transparency!<br /><br /><br /><b>Extracts from Oral and Written Evidence on the Work of Ofsted made to the Childrens Schools and Families Select Committee – published 9th Feb 2009</b> <br /><br /><br />Memorandum submitted by Mrs Stella R Davis, MA, Retired Teacher<br /><br /><br />Summary<br /><br />— That there exists inertia and confusion in the relationships between the DCSF, Ofsted and the private inspectorate, ISC/ISI (Independent Schools Council/Independent Schools Inspectorate). (Throughout this text I use ISI/ISC as occasionally I am not certain who employs whom. They were at that time the same company.)<br /><br />— That an individual who wishes to make an appeal concerning the independence of or the outcome of or the Report on an inspection by the ISC/ISI cannot and may not do so.<br /><br />— That claims made by Ofsted concerning their role in overseeing the work of the private inspectorate ISC/ISI conflict.<br /><br /><b>Comment</b><br /><br />1. Four years of research, mainly into one particular inspection, have shown a lack of procedural clarity within the DCSF and Ofsted. However, there is certainty about the outcome so far. An individual who wishes to make an appeal concerning the independence of or the outcome of an inspection by the ISC/ISI cannot and may not do so.<br /><br />2. Mr Bell says that Ofsted “quality assures the work of ISI”. He has also indicated in writing that there appear to have been “procedural irregularities” in this inspection, but, as HMCIS at that time, said that it was not within his remit to do anything about it.<br /><br />3. In inspections that are not of the small selection to be monitored, Ofsted allows the ISI to do its own quality assurance. Amanda Noble, on 2 January 2008, on behalf of Christine Gilbert says, “complaints against individual inspections must be handled according to the ISI’s own complaints procedure”.<br /><br />4. The ISI appeals procedure is simple. It does not allow appeal by individuals. Only member schools may appeal.<br /><br />5. Therefore there is no procedure in place to deal with poor quality, biased, inadequate or flawed reports, appealed by individuals, because it does not need one. Only schools, ie, members of the ISC, may appeal against any inspection. Individuals may not appeal. All the schools inspected by the ISI are members of the ISC. Mr Shephard, a barrister and former CEO of the ISC says in a letter of 3 January 2005, “Tony Hubbard is correct in saying only a school may appeal”.<br /><br />7. No-one outside the schools membership of the ISC may appeal—that would include teachers, whistleblowers like myself, MPs and teachers’ professional associations.<br /><br />8. An ISI Report is published on the internet world-wide on a site that is regarded by the majority to be of high quality and to contain the results of independent, objective, rigorous inspection. No-one leading a department found wanting has a professional future.<br /><br />19. I am not alone in knowing that private inspectorates are neither transparent nor objective nor independent. Nor am I alone in thinking that neither the inspections nor the procedures to deal with appeals from individuals are “fit for purpose”.<br /><br />29. The ISI/ISC has only one procedure to address concerns of any individual—“ISI rules are such that only a school can complain about a report”. So whoever wrote this note to Penny Jones of the DCSF, knew that this private inspectorate’s procedures to address concerns about inspections and reports was that “only a school can complain”. That is not “fit for purpose” if objectivity or independence is of concern, as that meant that only members of the ISC/ISI could complain.<br /><br /><br /><br />Getting the picture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-89026684542567580852010-09-11T00:05:34.104+01:002010-09-11T00:05:34.104+01:00Go anyway - what can they do? To throw you out wo...Go anyway - what can they do? To throw you out would cause a scene which they would not want. By the way do the journalists from the Times and the Telegraph know that there is a meeting? It would be interesting to see which journalists turn up - aside from the ealing gazette. Additionally the current head is no better than the Abbot by still allowing a 6th former to have contact with DP. Why did he not insist that DP should not come back to the abbey - he should have been nowhere near any child of any age. Two further acts were committed whilst DP was in the care of the Abbot in 2006. Where is Lawrence Soper - out of the juristiction how convenient. There is more here than meets the eye. I suspect as Ealing Police do that there is a ring. The school leaves you with a nasty taste and all the selected quotes lull prospective/current parents into a false sense of security and until you have been through the "system" you don't know about the lies etc. I urge you to go to the meeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518202135348193859.post-53647125254812202612010-09-10T23:03:15.090+01:002010-09-10T23:03:15.090+01:00The only reason they do not want you there is that...The only reason they do not want you there is that you know the questions to ask, unlike parents who will not dare ask any questions in case they are marked as troublemakers and their child's education prejudiced.<br /><br />This is what happens in independent education. <br /><br /><br />It's an unacceptable environment in which to raise children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com