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A list of school closures in Sussex is posted below.
MONDAY JANUARY 11
This is a list of full or partial closures.
ALDRINGTON COFE PRIMARY IS OPEN TODAY
All Adult and Community Learning Services in West Sussex
All Saints and St Richard's Primary, Heathfield
All Saints C of E Junior School will be open from 9.30am to 3pm
Alternative Centre for Education Brighton, all sites closed
BHASVIC closed except for exams and staff
Battle and Langton C of E Primary
Bevendean Primary closed this morning but will open for years Reception, 1 and 2 at 1.10pm; years 3-6 at 1.25pm (afternoon nursery session as usual)
Birchwood Grove Primary, Burgess Hill
Bonners Church of England Primary School will start at 9.30am
Bourne Primary School Nursery only will be closed
Broad Oak Primary
Cardinal Newman, Hove - closed except for exams
Catsfield Church of England Primary will be open from 9am
Chailey Heritage Nursery
Chailey School will be closed except Years 10 and 11 only from 9.30am-3.10pm
Chailey Secondary, open to years 10 and 11 only
Chiddingly Primary School will be open at 9.30am.
Christ Church Church of England Primary, St Leonards
Court Meadow School, Cuckfield
Crowhurst CofE Primary open from 10.30
Dallington Church of England Primary School
Davison High Schools for Girls in Worthing will open only for staff and year 11 from 10.45am
Downlands Community School, closed except year 11
East Hoathly CofE Primary will open at 9am in Armitage class
Etchingham Church of England Primary
Falmer High School open only to staff and year 11
Filsham Valley School - all staff should report for a 9am start. All students should report to school for a 10.20am start
Frant Church of England Primary School will open at 10am
Grovelands Community School, Hailsham
Hailsham Community College will be open for Years 11, 12, 13 only from 10.30am. Exam candidates should arrive at 9.30am
Hawkes Farm Primary, Hailsham
Heathfield Community College open only for years 11,12,& 13
Helenswood Lower School closed - Upper School is open. Helenswood School Upper School open only for Y10, Y11, Y12 and Y13 from 8.45am to 3.20pm. Lower School site remains closed to Y7, Y8 and Y9.
Herne Junior School, Crowborough, but pupils can go to Whitehill Primary if parents wish
Hillcrest School - open to years 10 and 11 only
Hillside School - opening at 10am
Hollington Primary School open at 10am
Hollycombe Primary
Icklesham Church of England Primary open at 10.30am
Jarvis Brook School open at 9.00-9.30am
Jeanne Saunders Centre, Hove
Kingsley Primary, Horsham
Longhill High School, Rottingdean
Marshlands Primary School open at 9.30am
Mary Magdalen, Brighton. Closed to pupils, but open to staff
Mayfield Church of England Primary
Mile Oak Primary, Portslade
Mountfield and Whatlington School, near Battle
Netherfield Church of England Primary School open from 10am until 3.15pm
Newick House School, Burgess Hill only open between 10am and 2.45pm
Newlands School and Nursery, Seaford
Nutley Church of England Primary School open from 9.30am until 3.15pm
Oak Grove College, Worthing (but staff should try to get in)
Oakmeeds Community College, Burgess Hill is open for Year 10 and Year 11 students only who should attend at 10am until about 2pm
Oakwood School
Pacey's Nursary, Whitehawk. Only open from 9am to 3pm
Palatine School in Worthing will be closed to pupils
Patcham High School closed except for year 11 students who should be in between 10am and 2pm
Pebsham Community Primary School start at 9.30am
Peter Gladwin, Portslade.
Plumpton Primary School open from 9.30am to 3pm
Portslade Community College, main site closed but Sixth Form site open for exams
Priory School - open to years 9, 10 and 11 only from 9.30am
Priory School open to Years 9, 10 and 11 at 9.30am and remain closed to Years 7 and 8
Punnets Town Primary
Queen Elizabeth 2nd Special School, Horsham
Ringmer Primary School - registration will be at 9.30am
Rydon College closed but will look after pupils if parents need help
Rye College - closed to all but year 11
Rye Community Primary
Sedlescombe C of E Primary
Sheepsetting Pre School, Heathfield
Sidley Community Primary School open at 9.30am
Silverdale Primary School, St Leonards
Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School open from 9.15am
St Joseph's, Brighton
St Mark's Church of England Primary School open from 10am
St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary, Bexhill
St Phillip Howard Catholic High, Barnham, Closed for years 7 to 10
Steyning Grammar School; Church Street Site closed, Shooting Field site open
Sussex Coast College - Station Plaza and London Road ppen as usual; Archery Road open at noon
Sussex Downs College - open for examination students but closed to all others
The Haven Voluntary Aided CofE Methodist Primary School open from 10am and 3.20pm
The Lindfield School, Eastbourne
The Windmills Junior School and Hassocks Infant School, Hassocks will open from 10am
Ticehurst and Flimwell C of E Primary
Uckfield Community College - open to year's 11, 12, 13 only
Uplands Community College - closed apart from exams
Varndean School - open for all staff and Year 11 only
Warden Park, Cuckfield closed to year 10 - open to all others
Westfield School
White House Primary, Hailsham
Worthing High School - open from 11am until 2.30pm to all students
Comments(133)
kbri8799
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7:15am Wed 6 Jan 10
F King
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5ghayter
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oldskool_raver
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Hellie13
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5ghayter
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5ghayter wrote:Is this wishful thinking by my sister?
Aldrington CofE Primary School closed
wendyaway
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7:41am Wed 6 Jan 10
ninacg
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Frank Booth
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uslot
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kayotic
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Page the Oracle
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Charismatic Andrew
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Page the Oracle
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Page the Oracle wrote:This was meant to quote the above re Aldrington CofE primary school.
Wishful thinking I think. I've just called the school & Mr Munn (Who is obviously related to Roald Amundesn) says that they are open!!
just-a-person
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vonkurthy
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willis1337
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7:59am Wed 6 Jan 10
just-a-person
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willis1337
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8:01am Wed 6 Jan 10
willis1337 wrote:IS CLOSED
DOWNS JUNIOR SCHOOL (& INFANTS)
nomates
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Ian Edmond
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mummy of 2
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Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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uslot
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Gerry68
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wendyaway
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just-a-person
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LB
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just-a-person
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just-a-person
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lisjona
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just-a-person
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just-a-person
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dogs-ball
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elm28
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Mrs Newcastle
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mickeyfinn
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elm28
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elm28
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owler
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5ghayter
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8:45am Wed 6 Jan 10
Page the Oracle wrote:I reckon they'll be home by lunch! Still the only school so far marked as OPEN!! Just give in and let the kids warm up!!
Wishful thinking I think. I've just called the school & Mr Munn (Who is obviously related to Roald Amundesn) says that they are open!!
elm28
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dogs-ball
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Zachie150
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jsuk2000
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davyboy
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jsuk2000
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MarcoPolo
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uslot
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someone000
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marcus aurelius
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Mrs Reasonable
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Txa
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Claude Back
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1:40pm Wed 6 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:You haven't got a clue, have you of the difficulties in deciding whether to keep a school open or not? There are so many regulations to comply with for one and you would probably be the first to moan if your little darling was injured either at school or trying to get there.
I'm at work and all three Brighton College schools OPEN. Why so many closures? Shameful.
ssilkystone
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2:41pm Wed 6 Jan 10
Claude Back wrote:I presume you are a teacher Claude, it would be helpful if all workers had the same understanding employers, sadly a lot will loss pay for today, having a reduced service at schools with those teachers able to walk looking after bigger classes of those kids close enough to walk also, anyway have a good day or days off, time to build another snow man.
MarcoPolo wrote: I'm at work and all three Brighton College schools OPEN. Why so many closures? Shameful.You haven't got a clue, have you of the difficulties in deciding whether to keep a school open or not? There are so many regulations to comply with for one and you would probably be the first to moan if your little darling was injured either at school or trying to get there. It's shameful alright....that you have no sense.
Mrs Newcastle
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MarcoPolo
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lisjona
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anjana
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vicky464
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markymark563
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vicky464 wrote:Decision early Thursday morning apparently
Does anybody know if Hove Park school in Hove will be open on Thursday? So I can make any necessary arrangements. Thanx
ssilkystone
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11:29pm Wed 6 Jan 10
jsuk2000
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12:37am Thu 7 Jan 10
buny8 wrote:I doubt it, if St Pauls, and Middle Street are closed it will also be (ie nearby schools!).
does anyone know if st mary magdalen primary in brighton will be open tmrw (thurs)?
pun master
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6:32am Thu 7 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:1. Many of the schools are shut because there are no buses running and therefore a significantly reduced number of students.
I fully understand the regulations. Schools, in fact, have no legal responsibility for what happens outside of the school gates. I have kids at home today and out in the streets (with thousands of other kids) and don't see the health and safety problem there. Schools are all too ready to down tools - twice in just a few weeks so far. Why are the private schools open? Because they are run for the benefit of the students, not the teachers.
jagiwatch
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Zachie150
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uslot
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marcus aurelius
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kayotic
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Fight Back
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MarcoPolo wrote:Windlesham School isn't open and is a private school !
I fully understand the regulations. Schools, in fact, have no legal responsibility for what happens outside of the school gates. I have kids at home today and out in the streets (with thousands of other kids) and don't see the health and safety problem there. Schools are all too ready to down tools - twice in just a few weeks so far. Why are the private schools open? Because they are run for the benefit of the students, not the teachers.
MarcoPolo
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12:32pm Thu 7 Jan 10
ssilkystone
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ssilkystone
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kayotic wrote:Are you serious Kayotic, I bet the canteen staff are gratefull as unlike you they proberly do not get paid on days off, the question should be is why the other schools closed if balfour opened with a reduced service with local kids and local teachers, anyone know how those emergency key workers with kids cope when the schools are closed, or is that a stupid question given the fact that teacher are also key workers.
I have heard that Balfour Junior is open despite every other school on that campus being closed. I don't know what the head is trying to prove, but he isrisking the limbs of his staff who are battling to get in to work.
pun master
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3:39pm Thu 7 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:I am a teacher, and believe you me I would rather be at work as I am going stir crazy at home, although managing to do some work from home.
1. Never yet heard of a parent who would sue over snow. Parents are not litigant ogres and are not ready to sue schools when kids slip in playground - that's just a convenient excuse used by educational staff for closing schools.
2. Sure, some teachers and students may not make it in but that's no reason to close the school as most students live in the catchment areas and can easily walk to their school. Their grounds are currently packed with students playing in the snow! Many teachers, if not all, can also get in.
simonandrewuk
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souly66
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MarcoPolo
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lisjona
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charq
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marcus aurelius
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davyboy
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9:54pm Thu 7 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:part of the problem is that most pupils DON'T live in the catchment areas, thanks to the councils lottery scheme. if they did live locally, then it wouldn't be too much hassle, but to get from patcham to hangleton, where the council decided your kids would go, cannot be done in these present conditions.
1. Never yet heard of a parent who would sue over snow. Parents are not litigant ogres and are not ready to sue schools when kids slip in playground - that's just a convenient excuse used by educational staff for closing schools.
2. Sure, some teachers and students may not make it in but that's no reason to close the school as most students live in the catchment areas and can easily walk to their school. Their grounds are currently packed with students playing in the snow! Many teachers, if not all, can also get in.
Mrs Reasonable
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10:13pm Thu 7 Jan 10
pun master
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11:58pm Thu 7 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:Yes HT's are making the decisions, based on 'advice' given by the LA - they issue the guidance, then it is up to the HT to discard it if they deem it is safe to do so. The advice given from B and H CC has been to close schools given the icy conditions, the lack of bus services and the risk of injury to school children - as for having seen children in the grounds of a local secondary school, it would not have been with the permission of the school I am sure. With regards again to your comments about parents not suing, I refer you to the story earlier this week in the Argus about people queuing up to put in personal injury claims to the council over accidents on the ice prior to Christmas...
Local Authorities are not making the decisions here - it's the Headteacher and senior staff. I don't believe for one minute that ANY parent would sue, and even if they did, they'd stand no chance of winning. It's a scare story by the educational establishment. Businesses aren't closing, and presumable cutomers could sue. I've just been up past my local secondary school - the grounds are full of kids playing in the snow, the roads are clear and every shop and business in the area is open.
uslot
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dogs-ball
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Acheron
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MarcoPolo wrote:Don't know the last time you were in school Marco, but many teachers would not be able to get in. Long gone are the days when teachers lived in the local area. The majority would have anything between a 20 min to over an hour drive to get to school on a normal day. Make the roads dangerous and that will be even longer. Are you suggesting that the minimal number of teachers that can walk to their school (we're normally talking single figures here) are left to supervise the whole school? If you are then you really need a reality check.
1. Never yet heard of a parent who would sue over snow. Parents are not litigant ogres and are not ready to sue schools when kids slip in playground - that's just a convenient excuse used by educational staff for closing schools.
2. Sure, some teachers and students may not make it in but that's no reason to close the school as most students live in the catchment areas and can easily walk to their school. Their grounds are currently packed with students playing in the snow! Many teachers, if not all, can also get in.
kraftwerker
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MarcoPolo
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bex10
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Jo PP
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ssilkystone
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Jo PP wrote:scrap the lottery system for school places, bring back catchment area only placing, its crazy to have parents in bevendean sending kids to Varndean and Kids in the catchment missing a place, other kids travel from as far away as Peacehaven, which is not even in Brighton and Hove, maybe the middleclasses would ensure that failing schools were not simply avoided but changed if little jonny had to go there.
I believe Balfour Infants attendance was optional... so all you lucky people who don't have to work... you could take the option not to send the kid in. When I dropped my kid off, all classes were open with only a handful of kids in each one. I guess this is the time to see how many Balfour kids really do live within walking distance!
Mrs Reasonable
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Ian Edmond
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pun master
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MarcoPolo wrote:1. It's not really to do with the teachers roads, it's to do with the buses; certainly in the case of our school, 85% of students bussed in, no bus services to our school
7 reasons why most schools in B&H should open
I've worked in the education system for over 25 years and your so-called 'parents who sue' myth, transformed into the 'snowball effect' is exactly the sort of defensive, exaggerated response of the educational establishment. The facts of the matter are that:
1. Most roads necessary for teachers to get to work are open
2. Most businesses are open (how do their staff get in?)
3. Parents have never and would NOT sue
4. For every teacher who stays at home there's up to 60 parents, many who have to get to work, who have to make alternative arrangements for their kids.
5. Casual staff get no pay
6. 70,000 students are sitting GCSEs and A-levels next week, this prolonged action is hurting them
7. Some schools are open, mostly in private sector - how come? Doesn't this mythical law about suing apply to them?
Sure, some teachers may find it impossible to get to work, but the majority, today, would have made it in. Headteachers are risk-averse to the point of absurdity. It's a shameful example of professionals putting their own welfare above that of their job and the children they teach.
MarcoPolo
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1:59pm Sat 9 Jan 10
pun master
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3:29pm Sat 9 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:It's not misleading - the bus services to my school were all cancelled every day from Wed to Fri. Again, I am not laying the blame at the door of litigious parents, I am simply stating the fact that there have been cases of parents making claims against schools for accidents; there was even a case at my school during the snow last February, so it is inevitable that schools, who absolutely do take decisions with LA approval based on their advice - I know this for a fact, so this is not misleading, will be over-cautious when making decisions. And again, if parents choose to let their children take the risk in the snow, that is absolutely their right. Businesses do have responsibilities of course, but again, not specifically with the welfare of children as the priority. I state again, I am a teacher, my colleagues and I have been in communication, we are all frustrated, and want our school to open, but absolutely understand the reasons why it isn't...
It is misleading to say that the lack of buses is to blame. First, the bus services to all of my local schools were operative on Friday and the vast majority of pupils DO NOT take the bus to school, as they're in catchments. I don't deny that some schools have a problem here, but the majority don't.
Businesses do have legal rsponsibilities, just like schools. In any case why did Balfour open (Headteacher came from Lewes) when all others closed?
To lay the blame for school closures first at litigious parents, then secondly at Local Authorities, is profoundly misleading. Both of these excuses are trotted out endlessly, but neither have any basis in fact. It is the 'Headteacher', usually with the leadership team, who makes the decision, not the Local Authority. This is shown by the fact that in some cases a school is open right next to one that is closed.
Not true that private schools are somehow free from the legal responsibilities of state schools - the same laws (litigation was used for closing schools) apply to both.
Parents see the welfare of their children being best served by them attending school. I would rather have my children at school than have you decide that they may slip in the playground. They're out there in the snow four hours every day, rather than being in school - that's increasing, not decreasing, the risk of accidents.
MarcoPolo
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4:16pm Sun 10 Jan 10
pun master
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5:58pm Sun 10 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:The LA did advise Headteachers not to open; it is officially the decision of the HT to open, but the advice given directly from the Education department at Brighton was not to open, and any Head who didn't follow this advice would more than likely concede that it would be left on their head. The issue about the bus services was not to do with teachers access, but to do with student's access; as you well know, the argument about catchment areas, certainly within B and H, is ridiculous due to the lottery. There are no recorded claims of parents suing, simply because the council settles them before they 'go legal,' to avoid additional costs. That does not mean that claims have not been made, which they have... (FOI it!!)
The bus services to YOUR school may have been off, but that is not true for many other schools in Brighton and Hove. The majority of teachers in schools do not take the bus, they walk or drive to school - and that was possible to all of my local schools.
I repeat that the LA did not advise all schools to close. That was left to the Headteachers. That is a fact.
There are no recorded claims of parents suing a school for a 'slip in the snow' accident. This is a 'myth' that largely exists in the minds of teachers.
toryinside
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Ian Edmond
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MarcoPolo
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MarcoPolo
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Txa
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Txa
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Txa
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MarcoPolo
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morrisdancer
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2:55pm Mon 11 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:you must have a lot of time!!!
Suppose this goes on for another two weeks, will hapless headmasters and teachers simply give up on the education of our children?
MarcoPolo
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4:01pm Mon 11 Jan 10
The Brighton Bear
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ssilkystone
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The Brighton Bear
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4:31pm Mon 11 Jan 10
ssilkystone wrote:Quite right too. Far too much holiday time for teachers anyway.
Well If I was a teacher I would be very glad to go along with the health and safety issue, lots off businesses face the issue of accidents at work, but carry on as normal, 20 to 40 sacks of rock salt kept for such times would have been enough to ensure the school took measures so far as reasonably practicable, its a pity every employer was'nt tight on defining health and safety if they were then the child care nightmare most parents experienced would have been differant without employers insisting staff went in or lose pay, it's schooling our children are missing, how about reducing the school holidays by an equal amount of days to compensate!!.
Txa
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4:40pm Mon 11 Jan 10
The Brighton Bear wrote:One extended holidays for the children too. One off does not damage anybody.
One big holiday for the teachers.
pun master
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8:57pm Mon 11 Jan 10
The Brighton Bear wrote:What the hell do any of you know anyway? If you had the slightest understanding of child welfare or the system you would know full well that it has nothing to do with the teachers. You might also want to investigate how many teachers provided work materials via VLE's, email etc for their students, and used the time to ensure that the work missed could be built into other lessons in order to catch up. Muppets.
ssilkystone wrote:Quite right too. Far too much holiday time for teachers anyway.
Well If I was a teacher I would be very glad to go along with the health and safety issue, lots off businesses face the issue of accidents at work, but carry on as normal, 20 to 40 sacks of rock salt kept for such times would have been enough to ensure the school took measures so far as reasonably practicable, its a pity every employer was'nt tight on defining health and safety if they were then the child care nightmare most parents experienced would have been differant without employers insisting staff went in or lose pay, it's schooling our children are missing, how about reducing the school holidays by an equal amount of days to compensate!!.
brighton born and bred
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MarcoPolo
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The Brighton Bear
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11:26am Tue 12 Jan 10
pun master wrote:10 minutes knocking out a couple of e-mails isn't exactly a days work!
The Brighton Bear wrote:What the hell do any of you know anyway? If you had the slightest understanding of child welfare or the system you would know full well that it has nothing to do with the teachers. You might also want to investigate how many teachers provided work materials via VLE's, email etc for their students, and used the time to ensure that the work missed could be built into other lessons in order to catch up. Muppets.ssilkystone wrote: Well If I was a teacher I would be very glad to go along with the health and safety issue, lots off businesses face the issue of accidents at work, but carry on as normal, 20 to 40 sacks of rock salt kept for such times would have been enough to ensure the school took measures so far as reasonably practicable, its a pity every employer was'nt tight on defining health and safety if they were then the child care nightmare most parents experienced would have been differant without employers insisting staff went in or lose pay, it's schooling our children are missing, how about reducing the school holidays by an equal amount of days to compensate!!.Quite right too. Far too much holiday time for teachers anyway.
pun master
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2:20pm Tue 12 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:And where's your evidence for the amount of work set? Why was there no need to shut the schools yesterday? Did you actually go to all the schools and have a look around? And brightonbear I would a) like to know what you do for a living and b) extend an invitation for you to come and spend a week in school working alongside teachers. The really boring old claim of a 9 - 3 day for teachers is really tedious, untrue and frankly ignorant...
The vast majority of teachers did not provide specific materials and tasks for students while they were off for 6 days. This largely amounts to simple exhortations to students to do some 'revision'. Teachers are not 'forced to' close schools. Many, including the minister Ed Balls, believe that they rush to early to close schools on the basis of myths (suing parents, Ofsted with punish absenteeism etc). It is Headteachers who close schools, not Local Authorities. That's why some stayed open. There was no need for the majority of schools to be closed yesterday. The roads were clear, buses running and weather fine.
pun master
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3:10pm Tue 12 Jan 10
MarcoPolo wrote:...and also the comment made was not that teachers are forced to close schools, rather that the schools themselves have to close. Read the posts properlly. And as for your constant adoration and faith in everything that snivelling creep Balls spits out, then you are clearly more ignorant than even I gave you credit for...
The vast majority of teachers did not provide specific materials and tasks for students while they were off for 6 days. This largely amounts to simple exhortations to students to do some 'revision'. Teachers are not 'forced to' close schools. Many, including the minister Ed Balls, believe that they rush to early to close schools on the basis of myths (suing parents, Ofsted with punish absenteeism etc). It is Headteachers who close schools, not Local Authorities. That's why some stayed open. There was no need for the majority of schools to be closed yesterday. The roads were clear, buses running and weather fine.
The Brighton Bear
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7:57pm Tue 12 Jan 10
pun master
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9:50pm Tue 12 Jan 10
The Brighton Bear wrote:Yes, hit a nerve because I know exactly how hard teachers work, although we continue to be misrepresented and misunderstood by ignorant members of the public. If coming up with a spelling error is the best you can do, then I salute you. You must have had a good teacher at school...
Oh dear pun master, seems as though someone as hit a nerve! By the way you do need to check your spelling. (just in case YOU are too ignorant check the PROPERLLY spelling).
EJC
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2:31pm Wed 13 Jan 10
Tonsim
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7:35pm Wed 13 Jan 10
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6:51am Wed 6 Jan 10