This is a quick collation of links submitted by concerned parents. They may be of interest or of use to other parents – they are not currently vetted. This page is in progress.
- Our Elected representatives: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elected-representatives This webpage has details of all Sheffield City Council elected representatives including MPs and a button to search for your Councillor. Or you can just click here to search for your local Councillor.
- Write to them https://www.writetothem.com/ Write to your politicians, national or local, for free.
- Find your MP https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP Online tool to help you to identify your MP
- Education, Children and Families Policy Committee (Sheffield City Council) https://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgCommitteeMailingList.aspx?ID=643 Details of the local government committee and its members
Articles about King Edward VII situation
Several articles have been published in local papers specifically about the current situation with King Edward VII school, some by parent/carers. See this separate post which will be updated with any further publications.
RESOURCES & ARTICLES about Ofsted and academisation
- The damage done to children goes beyond Ofsted’s effect on schools https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/18/the-damage-done-to-children-goes-beyond-ofsteds-effect-on-schools
- We Own It A website about the disadvantages of privatising schools into academies https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/schools
- Ofsted suspends ‘independent’ scrutiny panels https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-suspends-independent-scrutiny-panels/ Article from Schools Week, 3rd Feb 2023
- Ofsted reform should focus on inspection reliability first https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-reform-should-focus-on-inspection-reliability-first/ Article from Schools Week, 2nd Feb 2023
- The rise and rise of academy trusts: continuing changes to the state-funded school system in England https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632434.2022.2095996 Article from School Leadership and Management, 5th Aug 2022
- Tony McArdle, DfE’s chief safety valve negotiator and SEND expert https://schoolsweek.co.uk/people-like-me-were-absent-when-things-were-going-wrong/ Article from Schools Week, 23rd Jan 2023
- National Education Union information on academies – myths and facts https://neu.org.uk/policy/neu-case-against-academisation Article from 21st Aug 2022
- Anti-Academies Alliance: The facts against conversion – https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ErR5OVR73e9VgdkdZym_iCH5JkfpBmED/edit#slide=id.p1 (powerpoint) https://antiacademies.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/AAA_academies_factsheet_May2018_web-1.pdf, May 2018
“Our principal finding through this extensive study is that academies do not provide an automatic solution to school improvement.”
Education Policy Institute: ‘Impact of Academies on Educational Outcomes (2017)
Stop the academisation of King Edward VII School 