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Vote of No Confidence in the Board of Governors’ at St John the Baptist Primary School
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VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
In light of the past two years and certainly more recent events, as concerned parents at St John the Baptist Primary School, the signatories to this document signal a Vote of No Confidence in the current Governing Body of St John the Baptist Primary School who have shown:-
· Lack of transparency
· Poor and unsatisfactory communication
· Lack of support in facilitating the best outcome for the School and children of St John’s
· Themselves to not merit the confidence of parents
· Inadequacy in the provision of resources for children.
· Unsatisfactory and outdated information on school website
· Insufficient support for parents
Please feel free to leave a constructive comment which will be printed on presentation of this Vote of No Confidencet to the Diocese of Leicester Board of Education. Any offensive comments will not be reported. Please also refrain from adding duplicate entries as this will be detrimental to our cause.
Thank you for your support.
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11 Comments
Just a note to thank the Governing body for their hard work and generous time giving. It is appreciated and valued by the vast majority of parents and children, and recognised as a sincere effort to support our school in a challenging environment. I hope that the concerned parent can discuss their issues with one of the governors, soon, as they clearly have some deep seated concerns they need to air. I hope, too, that they may be able to offer the school and governing body their own skills and expertise to improve things for all in a constructive way. Mags Lewis
Premature retirement can be taken by anyone regardless of at threat of redundancy or not! Again, I'm pretty sure the teacher mentioned will not thank you for bringing him in to this! Please stop.......no more! It's insensitive and unnecessary!
Dear All Having read the comments, please see examples of the issues raised by a concerned parent. • Most parents at the school are not aware that the Deputy Head Teacher was being made redundant and that is the reason why he took pre-mature retirement. Parents in the playground complaining about the letter written by the governors - quote “who uses that terminology, its early retirement”. What they don’t realize is that premature retirement can only be taken when someone is faced with redundancy. If that is the governor’s attempt at being transparent by using jargon that is not understood by the masses then that is a very poor show. • We do not receive a wealth of information from the governors regarding issues that they are discussing or have discussed. In fact when Chris Haward stepped down as chair of governors a letter written by the governors actually brought about the parents tongues wagging. There may have been a few parents gossiping in the playground but the majority of the parents and teachers had no idea about why Chris Haward stepped down, (most assuming he had served his time and wanted to take a well earned break) and were certainly not talking about it until they received the letter telling everyone to stop gossiping. • A letter we recently received advising of the meeting for the parents so that they could understand the new curriculum stated that for those parent who were not able to attend the meetings a copy of the information would be available on the school website the following week. This information was only sent out today (two weeks later)…… and based on the fact that the school has over 450 children and on the assumption that the majority of children do have 2 parents (co-habiting or not) and that only 100 parents were able to make the meeting then only 1 in 9 parents have had their needs catered for when it comes to understanding. The assumption has been made around attending the meeting and comments made about take persona
I have only just had time to read and digested this and must admit, I am fairly disappointed that there is a need to encourage people to Jump on the bandwagon of their personal views. The governors give their own time and dedication to assist the school in driving forward! I think most parents will have a complaint/ differing opinion, or two, about certain aspects or decisions that the school or governors will make but let's face it, you cannot please everyone all of the time. Key to my considerations on which side of the fence I sit are: 1) do they act in the best interest of my child 2) is student care and learning first and full most 3) are they doing what many of us shy away from......including me! 4) what does my child think of the school and how it operates? My child continues to be challenged and encouraged to achieve her optimum year in year out. Every year her desire and progress has exceeded expectation through the the mechanisms and support that the school offer. I applaud the governors and thank them for supporting my child to have the best opportunity of achieving everything she wants from life. I don't know the circumstances that have developed to this petition, nor do I know who (nor do I wish to know), but I would ask that you work on a one to one with the school and it's governors and avoid leaving a trail of destruction that may cause larger and longer term reputational damage based on just your personal views. I wish you luck in resolving your differences but for the sake of clarity, I think the board of governors do a great job. Peter Ball
That's interesting..... I mentioned that the current Governing body has lost touch with the needs of the children and their parents and my children's have received a poor education thus far, and you choose to comment on where to find the name of the Chair of Governors'! Have you looked on the school website lately, the last letter you wrote to parent listed on the website was in April. The school website is supposed to be a portal of information for parents, especially parents who work during the day and are unable to attend meetings or any other school function during the day. Furthermore, the office staff doesn’t always reply to email, or they don't pass on information in a timely manner and they close at 5pm. I requested information and it took a week to get it. What makes you think I didn't attend the governor/parent forum?... A hundred or so, hardly! We are parents who take our children's education very seriously and make every effort to be active participants in our children's school life while juggling full time work and various other commitments. I suppose in the end, either parents will stand up and be counted or they won't. Either way whether it's one parents who is unhappy or several, why don't you and all the governors' invite parents to come into the school either tonight or on Wednesday night for a round table?
That's interesting..... I mentioned that the current Governing body has lost touch with the needs of the children and their parents and my children's have received a poor education thus far, and you choose to comment on where to find the name of the Chair of Governors'! Have you looked on the school website lately, the last letter you wrote to parent listed on the website was in April. The school website is supposed to be a portal of information for parents, especially parents who work during the day and are unable to attend meetings or any other school function during the day. Furthermore, the office staff doesn’t always reply to email, or they don't pass on information in a timely manner and they close at 5pm. I requested information and it took a week to get it. What makes you think I didn't attend the governor/parent forum?... A hundred or so, hardly! We are parents who take our children's education very seriously and make every effort to be active participants in our children's school life while juggling full time work and various other commitments. I suppose in the end, either parents will stand up and be counted or they won't. Either way whether it's one parents who is unhappy or several, why don't you and all the governors' invite parents to come into the school either tonight or on Wednesday night for a round table?
Whilst I can appreciate what you are saying, I completely disagree. St John's may have once been a good school, but it certainly is not now! I can speak from my own experience with my children's education and St John's has failed my children in every aspect. I am extremely disappointed in the current Board of Governors' and feel they have lost touch with the needs of the students and their parents, they simply don't represent the majority of parents, nor do I feel they meet the greater needs of its students. Although the governing body is made up of volunteers they have a duty to every single student, to provide them with a necessary resources and tools to enrich all the children's lives. They have an obligation act on behalf of the parents, to provide parents with vital information and inform parents of changes or initiative's within an appropriate time frame. I would love to be able to sit down with the governors' and air all my grievance's with them. Although, that's pretty hard to do when you don't know who they are or what they look like or even what thier function is. Do you know who the Board of Governors’ are? I don't, I can probably name one or two, but other than that, there is no forum or place where we can go to find out who they are, what their function within the Governing body is, or what their views are. The school website still has the governing body from three years ago. I do agree with you, this should be a place where parent's can go to voice their opinions, good or bad.
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Vote of No Confidence in the Board of Governors’ at St John the Baptist Primary School
Final supporters
VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
In light of the past two years and certainly more recent events, as concerned parents at St John the Baptist Primary School, the signatories to this document signal a Vote of No Confidence in the current Governing Body of St John the Baptist Primary School who have shown:-
· Lack of transparency
· Poor and unsatisfactory communication
· Lack of support in facilitating the best outcome for the School and children of St John’s
· Themselves to not merit the confidence of parents
· Inadequacy in the provision of resources for children.
· Unsatisfactory and outdated information on school website
· Insufficient support for parents
Please feel free to leave a constructive comment which will be printed on presentation of this Vote of No Confidencet to the Diocese of Leicester Board of Education. Any offensive comments will not be reported. Please also refrain from adding duplicate entries as this will be detrimental to our cause.
Thank you for your support.
11 Comments
The name of the Chair of Governors is no secret - it appears on every letter sent from the school and is well known to the organiser of this petition. If anyone wanted to find out who the governors are, they could ask the school office, the chair or the head. If the anonymous proposer really wanted to engage with the governors, they could have joined the hundred or so other parents who attended one of the governor/parent forum meetings last week, or could have stood in the recent parent governor elections. Alternatively, you can remain anonymous and stand on the sidelines throwing stones.
Just a note to thank the Governing body for their hard work and generous time giving. It is appreciated and valued by the vast majority of parents and children, and recognised as a sincere effort to support our school in a challenging environment. I hope that the concerned parent can discuss their issues with one of the governors, soon, as they clearly have some deep seated concerns they need to air. I hope, too, that they may be able to offer the school and governing body their own skills and expertise to improve things for all in a constructive way. Mags Lewis
Premature retirement can be taken by anyone regardless of at threat of redundancy or not! Again, I'm pretty sure the teacher mentioned will not thank you for bringing him in to this! Please stop.......no more! It's insensitive and unnecessary!
Dear All Having read the comments, please see examples of the issues raised by a concerned parent. • Most parents at the school are not aware that the Deputy Head Teacher was being made redundant and that is the reason why he took pre-mature retirement. Parents in the playground complaining about the letter written by the governors - quote “who uses that terminology, its early retirement”. What they don’t realize is that premature retirement can only be taken when someone is faced with redundancy. If that is the governor’s attempt at being transparent by using jargon that is not understood by the masses then that is a very poor show. • We do not receive a wealth of information from the governors regarding issues that they are discussing or have discussed. In fact when Chris Haward stepped down as chair of governors a letter written by the governors actually brought about the parents tongues wagging. There may have been a few parents gossiping in the playground but the majority of the parents and teachers had no idea about why Chris Haward stepped down, (most assuming he had served his time and wanted to take a well earned break) and were certainly not talking about it until they received the letter telling everyone to stop gossiping. • A letter we recently received advising of the meeting for the parents so that they could understand the new curriculum stated that for those parent who were not able to attend the meetings a copy of the information would be available on the school website the following week. This information was only sent out today (two weeks later)…… and based on the fact that the school has over 450 children and on the assumption that the majority of children do have 2 parents (co-habiting or not) and that only 100 parents were able to make the meeting then only 1 in 9 parents have had their needs catered for when it comes to understanding. The assumption has been made around attending the meeting and comments made about take persona
I have only just had time to read and digested this and must admit, I am fairly disappointed that there is a need to encourage people to Jump on the bandwagon of their personal views. The governors give their own time and dedication to assist the school in driving forward! I think most parents will have a complaint/ differing opinion, or two, about certain aspects or decisions that the school or governors will make but let's face it, you cannot please everyone all of the time. Key to my considerations on which side of the fence I sit are: 1) do they act in the best interest of my child 2) is student care and learning first and full most 3) are they doing what many of us shy away from......including me! 4) what does my child think of the school and how it operates? My child continues to be challenged and encouraged to achieve her optimum year in year out. Every year her desire and progress has exceeded expectation through the the mechanisms and support that the school offer. I applaud the governors and thank them for supporting my child to have the best opportunity of achieving everything she wants from life. I don't know the circumstances that have developed to this petition, nor do I know who (nor do I wish to know), but I would ask that you work on a one to one with the school and it's governors and avoid leaving a trail of destruction that may cause larger and longer term reputational damage based on just your personal views. I wish you luck in resolving your differences but for the sake of clarity, I think the board of governors do a great job. Peter Ball
That's interesting..... I mentioned that the current Governing body has lost touch with the needs of the children and their parents and my children's have received a poor education thus far, and you choose to comment on where to find the name of the Chair of Governors'! Have you looked on the school website lately, the last letter you wrote to parent listed on the website was in April. The school website is supposed to be a portal of information for parents, especially parents who work during the day and are unable to attend meetings or any other school function during the day. Furthermore, the office staff doesn’t always reply to email, or they don't pass on information in a timely manner and they close at 5pm. I requested information and it took a week to get it. What makes you think I didn't attend the governor/parent forum?... A hundred or so, hardly! We are parents who take our children's education very seriously and make every effort to be active participants in our children's school life while juggling full time work and various other commitments. I suppose in the end, either parents will stand up and be counted or they won't. Either way whether it's one parents who is unhappy or several, why don't you and all the governors' invite parents to come into the school either tonight or on Wednesday night for a round table?
That's interesting..... I mentioned that the current Governing body has lost touch with the needs of the children and their parents and my children's have received a poor education thus far, and you choose to comment on where to find the name of the Chair of Governors'! Have you looked on the school website lately, the last letter you wrote to parent listed on the website was in April. The school website is supposed to be a portal of information for parents, especially parents who work during the day and are unable to attend meetings or any other school function during the day. Furthermore, the office staff doesn’t always reply to email, or they don't pass on information in a timely manner and they close at 5pm. I requested information and it took a week to get it. What makes you think I didn't attend the governor/parent forum?... A hundred or so, hardly! We are parents who take our children's education very seriously and make every effort to be active participants in our children's school life while juggling full time work and various other commitments. I suppose in the end, either parents will stand up and be counted or they won't. Either way whether it's one parents who is unhappy or several, why don't you and all the governors' invite parents to come into the school either tonight or on Wednesday night for a round table?
Whilst I can appreciate what you are saying, I completely disagree. St John's may have once been a good school, but it certainly is not now! I can speak from my own experience with my children's education and St John's has failed my children in every aspect. I am extremely disappointed in the current Board of Governors' and feel they have lost touch with the needs of the students and their parents, they simply don't represent the majority of parents, nor do I feel they meet the greater needs of its students. Although the governing body is made up of volunteers they have a duty to every single student, to provide them with a necessary resources and tools to enrich all the children's lives. They have an obligation act on behalf of the parents, to provide parents with vital information and inform parents of changes or initiative's within an appropriate time frame. I would love to be able to sit down with the governors' and air all my grievance's with them. Although, that's pretty hard to do when you don't know who they are or what they look like or even what thier function is. Do you know who the Board of Governors’ are? I don't, I can probably name one or two, but other than that, there is no forum or place where we can go to find out who they are, what their function within the Governing body is, or what their views are. The school website still has the governing body from three years ago. I do agree with you, this should be a place where parent's can go to voice their opinions, good or bad.
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The name of the Chair of Governors is no secret - it appears on every letter sent from the school and is well known to the organiser of this petition. If anyone wanted to find out who the governors are, they could ask the school office, the chair or the head. If the anonymous proposer really wanted to engage with the governors, they could have joined the hundred or so other parents who attended one of the governor/parent forum meetings last week, or could have stood in the recent parent governor elections. Alternatively, you can remain anonymous and stand on the sidelines throwing stones.