Free school for the villages west of Wokingham Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/free-school-for-the-villages-west-of-wokingham.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 10:15 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Scott Thatcher [Signature #546] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11295329?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:36:07 UTC 11295329 Julie Quelch [Signature #545] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11275007?utm_medium=rss I was a pupil at Ryeish Green Secondary over 20 years ago and the school always brought in good results.
I could not believe the councils decsion to close it.
We need a local school here so our kids do not have to travel up to 15 miles for good education.
Also with planning permission for up to 250 houses on various sites around the area demand for this would clearly state a new school is vital

]]> Fri, 7 Oct 2011 02:37:44 UTC 11275007 Peter Kemm [Signature #544] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11243976?utm_medium=rss Good for you! Showing what the community can do with or without the help of WBC.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 04:09:59 UTC 11243976 Sally Kairouz [Signature #543] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11221820?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:53:45 UTC 11221820 Anonymous [Signature #542] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11216634?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:17:34 UTC 11216634 Anonymous [Signature #541] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11216628?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:16:58 UTC 11216628 susan bowley [Signature #540] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11210436?utm_medium=rss how silly to close such a nice school

]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:29:31 UTC 11210436 Anonymous [Signature #539] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11200545?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:42:20 UTC 11200545 sarah walker [Signature #538] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11194934?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:07:59 UTC 11194934 Katrina Hitchman [Signature #537] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11192720?utm_medium=rss My daughter is due to start secondary school in 2012. We live in Spencers wood but have no secondary school in this area. The school she would end up going to is the other side of Wokingham. The free school is are local school and she would have friends locally and could bike to school instead of car. We need a school in this area to accommodate all the new houses that have been built, all the other secondary schools will become over subscribed.

]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:52:49 UTC 11192720 Colin Austin [Signature #536] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11170022?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:24:15 UTC 11170022 Kerry Atkinson [Signature #535] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11161087?utm_medium=rss As a resident in Spencers Wood, the Ryeish Green school would be perfect fro my daughter to start year 7 in 2012

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:09:26 UTC 11161087 James Highmoor [Signature #534] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11147812?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:46:14 UTC 11147812 tracey slade [Signature #533] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11142302?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:11:53 UTC 11142302 Stephanie Bendall [Signature #532] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11130851?utm_medium=rss I believe that the idea that local children should attend a local school closest to their home should be supported. Recent decisions on school catchment arrangements in the area seem unbelieveable and I support anything that helps to promote the obejective stated.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2011 02:42:50 UTC 11130851 Loraine Dally [Signature #531] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11123995?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:50:14 UTC 11123995 Melissa Matthews [Signature #530] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11123888?utm_medium=rss I had planned to live here for at least 10 years. If there is no secondary school for my son and future children I will have, we will undoubtedly move in order for them to not have to travel to their school.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:15:37 UTC 11123888 Matt Harman [Signature #529] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11120174?utm_medium=rss I believe there is a real need for a secondary School in this area of Wokingham district. The Ryeish Green site is a no brainer as it already has great facilities. I believe it was closed for all the wrong reasons and with a lot of controversy. Hopefully having a school that is managed outside the reaches of local politicians with their own agenda will be a very good thing.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 06:37:38 UTC 11120174 Chris Francis [Signature #528] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11120158?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 06:34:22 UTC 11120158 nikki nash [Signature #527] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110415?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:18:38 UTC 11110415 Samantha Pennington [Signature #526] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11075845?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:20:06 UTC 11075845 Julie Brown [Signature #525] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074119?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:36:04 UTC 11074119 Rhodri Jones [Signature #524] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11052238?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:53:00 UTC 11052238 Anonymous [Signature #523] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11047544?utm_medium=rss School is definitely needed in the area.

I would also like the opportunity to teach at it

]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:03:25 UTC 11047544 suzanne young [Signature #522] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11024075?utm_medium=rss Although I would have no need of this school, the need for others is there. When closing Ryeish Green was the thought of what would happen to new and existing students considered? New homes are being bulit in this area without adequate educational provision, putting increased pressure on class sizes in other schools as well as making students travel far from their homes and parents with no school choices. Parents are asked to list preferences for secondary schools only to have this disregarded

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:27:15 UTC 11024075 Cheryl Steward [Signature #521] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10979139?utm_medium=rss My daughter travels for 35/40 minutes to school on the bus, catching it at 7.30 in the morning. We live 1 mile from the bus stop which is a short distance from Ryish Green school. Madness not to have a local secondary school, making her catchment school almost 9 miles away !!!!

]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:25:53 UTC 10979139 Sharon Burton [Signature #520] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10976191?utm_medium=rss I believe this school is greatly needed and fully support the proposal. Especially with all the proposed huge increase in new housing developments in our direct area. At present without this school there would be no where close enough for the potential increase in population to go to school. There are only proposals for more primary not junior or secondary schools. ALL THE VERY BEST OF LUCK IN GETTING THIS SCHOOL PASSED AND SET UP.

]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:15:27 UTC 10976191 sarah thomas [Signature #519] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10975331?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:30:07 UTC 10975331 Juanita Cox [Signature #518] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10941229?utm_medium=rss Living opposite the old school we fully understand the importance of a local school watching children bussed out to various schools each morning. My own son has a 12 mile return trip to school to cycle. Since closing the school the community feel has gone in the neighbourhood, school friends are not near home, our local shop is no longer being supported well, cars speed through here as a short cut killing our pets & wildlife.Crime there up too. A school would put all this to rights again!

]]> Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:39:25 UTC 10941229 charlie gardner [Signature #517] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10905318?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:31:11 UTC 10905318 sue richards [Signature #516] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10856453?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:35:55 UTC 10856453 Kerry Huntley [Signature #515] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10854030?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:48:46 UTC 10854030 Natasha Feeney [Signature #514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10849708?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:16:44 UTC 10849708 Rebecca Nesbitt [Signature #513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10844205?utm_medium=rss Although my son is only 3, not having a local free secondary school is a worry for me. Neither my husband or myself drive & are a low income family. The thought of having to travel miles to get my son the education he deserves worries me. Or having to pay the hundreds of pounds for a school bus would be a great issue. I hope that whom ever reads this & is choosing weather to go ahead with this school, will think of the difficulties myself & others like me will have.

]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:40:51 UTC 10844205 Lindsay Jones [Signature #512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10838656?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:05:38 UTC 10838656 Lorna Vaughan [Signature #511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10822688?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:08:02 UTC 10822688 janice joyce [Signature #510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10780303?utm_medium=rss my youngest son will be going to secondary school in 2012,he is not a confedent child so going on the buses is a bit scary,for him and me...would love ryeish to open again....my second eldist child was taken out of ryeish when it closed...which was mad..he hated it...

]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:15:30 UTC 10780303 james Vyvyan [Signature #509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10750813?utm_medium=rss Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:24:10 UTC 10750813 Sam Tombs [Signature #508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10708035?utm_medium=rss We need to re-opne this school and have good education; the schools in this area are very bad and the standard of education below average

]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:44:32 UTC 10708035 Christine Pritchett [Signature #507] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10664577?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:15:28 UTC 10664577 Rob Brandon [Signature #506] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10653653?utm_medium=rss I think this is a must. It will allow my children to go to school in a local area with their peers. I'm also fully confident that the school will be able to meet my childs educational needs.

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:42:04 UTC 10653653 Karen Davison [Signature #505] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10653505?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:04:19 UTC 10653505 Meredith Druce [Signature #504] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10649849?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:08:56 UTC 10649849 Sharon Lewis [Signature #503] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10649727?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 05:27:01 UTC 10649727 Kay Pedley [Signature #502] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10643011?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:41:46 UTC 10643011 Karyn Potter [Signature #501] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10596850?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:52:22 UTC 10596850 Patricia Lee [Signature #500] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10593900?utm_medium=rss I have lived in the south of Wokingham for 25 years, all the kids there travel by bus as we have no senior school in the vacinity. It is about time the government spent money in providing schools locally rather than golf courses!!!!!!. Ryeish Green is already there, all they need to do is update the school.

]]> Wed, 1 Jun 2011 03:10:49 UTC 10593900 Robin Woodroffe [Signature #499] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10584924?utm_medium=rss I support this for my grand-children

]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 05:04:21 UTC 10584924 Susan Woodroffe [Signature #498] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10584919?utm_medium=rss I support this for my grand-children

]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 05:03:50 UTC 10584919 ALISON FORSYTH [Signature #497] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10580538?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 03:04:40 UTC 10580538 Mark Picken [Signature #496] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10577942?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 07:31:23 UTC 10577942 Jocelyn Chandler [Signature #495] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10576310?utm_medium=rss I believe in order to support the community, a range of schools are needed - primary and secondary.

]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 03:21:27 UTC 10576310 Anthony Simpson [Signature #494] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10556939?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2011 03:36:16 UTC 10556939 georgina walker [Signature #493] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10549992?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 07:58:59 UTC 10549992 Paula Welling [Signature #492] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10549007?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 05:22:52 UTC 10549007 Debra Cunnington [Signature #491] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10545712?utm_medium=rss Wokingham schools are oversubscribed; it is ridiculous that Ryeish Green has been closed. Many of the new housing developments provide a primary school but these children have to go to a secondary school eventually and our schools are full to bursting. We do not have a choice in our secondary schools; expressing a preference means nothing. You cannot even be sure that you will get a place in your catchment school if you put that as a first preference. Well done for trying to take a stand.

]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 05:44:58 UTC 10545712 Simone Hall [Signature #490] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10544961?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 03:51:43 UTC 10544961 paula rogers [Signature #489] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10544612?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 03:04:21 UTC 10544612 lmilo paris-jones [Signature #488] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10543637?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 12:50:10 UTC 10543637 lucinda paris-jones [Signature #487] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10543615?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 12:46:39 UTC 10543615 michelle beeks [Signature #486] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10542941?utm_medium=rss i only have one thing that is bothering me my son gets help from the visual aid people will he still get it at a free school people have said that it wont be paid for so he wont get the help he needs

]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:34:31 UTC 10542941 Damian Hutton [Signature #485] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10541521?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 07:04:59 UTC 10541521 Anonymous [Signature #484] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10536980?utm_medium=rss This area would benifit greatly with a new senior school. As it stands my youngest has the choice of Emmbrook or Bulmush school. There is no way my daughter will be attending Bulmush over my dead body. People do not move to these lovely areas and buy lovely houses to be told they have to send their children to such a low achieving school.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 03:33:15 UTC 10536980 Neil Callaway [Signature #483] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10536530?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 02:01:57 UTC 10536530 ian grant [Signature #482] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10529953?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 04:19:01 UTC 10529953 Wayne Scott [Signature #481] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10529061?utm_medium=rss Great idea to recycle an old school rather than create a brand new one.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 02:37:25 UTC 10529061 Anonymous [Signature #480] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10527265?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 10:25:58 UTC 10527265 Christopher Young [Signature #479] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10527253?utm_medium=rss A secondary school for our area is an urgent necessity given the long distances our children have to journey to reach any of the proscribed schools and the pressure of places already existing in the local primary schools.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:24:34 UTC 10527253 Ann Young [Signature #478] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10527173?utm_medium=rss With our rapidly increasing population and the pressure already being exerted on our primary schools, it is essential that a secondary school is provided for this area. A Free School on the Ryeish Green site would be ideal.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:15:54 UTC 10527173 Martin Rutter [Signature #477] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10526785?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 09:27:52 UTC 10526785 Anonymous [Signature #476] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10524222?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 04:16:18 UTC 10524222 Anonymous [Signature #475] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10519720?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 04:38:37 UTC 10519720 Nicki Tinniswood [Signature #474] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10519300?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 03:47:35 UTC 10519300 Anne Rutter [Signature #473] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10518724?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 02:53:21 UTC 10518724 Roger Walker [Signature #472] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10517356?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 12:48:59 UTC 10517356 Sabine Jahn [Signature #471] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10516515?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 11:36:24 UTC 10516515 helen dean [Signature #470] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10514597?utm_medium=rss i was disgusted when the school closed and fought hard with other staff members to keep the school open and will welcome the school being opened again.
good luck

]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 06:45:37 UTC 10514597 kate hall [Signature #469] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10513361?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 02:46:26 UTC 10513361 Tracey Ballard [Signature #468] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510761?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:06:53 UTC 10510761 Stephen Hotson [Signature #467] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510754?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:05:55 UTC 10510754 Lorraine Hotson [Signature #466] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510751?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:05:34 UTC 10510751 ken Langthorne [Signature #465] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510747?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:04:49 UTC 10510747 Pam Langthorne [Signature #464] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510738?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:04:14 UTC 10510738 Anonymous [Signature #463] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510690?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 03:58:14 UTC 10510690 Kerry Scott [Signature #462] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10510443?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 03:17:59 UTC 10510443 Louise Etwell [Signature #461] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10508736?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 10:23:13 UTC 10508736 Geoffrey Galloway [Signature #460] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10508705?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 10:17:08 UTC 10508705 Andrew Clint [Signature #459] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10507286?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 06:06:52 UTC 10507286 Joanne Withey [Signature #458] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10506744?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:37:10 UTC 10506744 ian millward [Signature #457] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10485971?utm_medium=rss we have no secondary school in this area and many parents and their children would benefit from a secondary school here!

]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 07:31:06 UTC 10485971 clare millward [Signature #456] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10485612?utm_medium=rss we have no secondary school in this area and many parents and their children would benefit from a secondary school here!

]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 06:34:42 UTC 10485612 Nicholas Clark [Signature #455] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10484499?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 03:22:51 UTC 10484499 bruce edwards [Signature #454] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10481931?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 04:04:38 UTC 10481931 Sally Poole [Signature #453] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10476373?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 06:01:29 UTC 10476373 Emma Armstrong [Signature #452] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10475875?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 05:05:17 UTC 10475875 Anna Allen [Signature #451] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10471826?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 04:46:06 UTC 10471826 Anonymous [Signature #450] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10465133?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 04:40:46 UTC 10465133 Paul Smeulders [Signature #449] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10457321?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 May 2011 06:24:58 UTC 10457321 alison boardman [Signature #448] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10443972?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 May 2011 10:12:24 UTC 10443972 emma brown [Signature #447] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10443445?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 May 2011 08:58:41 UTC 10443445