Academy Expression of Interest signed off!

This morning, I received an email saying that the Minister has - at last - signed off the Expression of Interest for Shene School, so we are now formally in the feasibility stage. This means that a series of consultations will take place to allow current and future parents and other stakeholders to express their views on what they want from the new academy.  The consultations and planning for the Academy will be paid for by draw down funding from the Department of Children, Families and Schools. David Triggs, the CEO of AET, was with us today and we discussed various issues that staff had raised with us, such as curriculum and staffing for the new academy.  He then visited Sheen Mount to speak with Primary Heads and governors, before returning to speak to the Shene School Governing Body.  It is all very early still, and things will become clearer and move very quickly in the new year. We were encouraged to hear his support for our bus campaign, and for our wishes to broaden our curriculum still further - which current funding levels do not permit.