No to Chesterton Academy Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/no-to-chesterton-academy.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr David Forman [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10099639?utm_medium=rss Academies are formed to allow the privatisation of public assets. If you consider how bad privatisation was for the rail industry, then you will understand how bad education will be in 10 years, except that the private sponsors would have made a mountain of cash exploiting land and building assets.

Teachers pay and conditions will get worse and their morale willl plummet. As the old adage says, if you pay peanuts then you will get monkeys."

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:07:29 UTC 10099639 Mrs Kathy Ritchie [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10066770?utm_medium=rss As a parent to an future year 7 student, I would like a full and frank consultation on the Academy option proposed for Chesterton Community College. KR

]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:50:18 UTC 10066770 Mr Kevin price [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10055434?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:30:59 UTC 10055434 Mr Balan Sisupalan [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10048603?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:39:22 UTC 10048603 Mrs Ann Van Emmenis [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9971953?utm_medium=rss I am not persuaded by the arguments for a change in status of Chesterton Community College to an Academy. Everything I have read about the change, convinces me that this is a retrograde step.

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:53:04 UTC 9971953 ms nazire dursun [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9967526?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:09:43 UTC 9967526 Mrs Chris Nicol [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9939175?utm_medium=rss The joy of teaching at Chesterton was that it was a true comprehensive. We welcomed all pupils whatever their background or ability. We were an active part of the community. There is a concern that too much power could be given to sponsors at the expense of the local community.

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:41:13 UTC 9939175 Gail Marchant-Daisley [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9936158?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:56:23 UTC 9936158 an Beeby [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892895?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:55:05 UTC 9892895 Mrs Clare Blair [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9877854?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 05:00:07 UTC 9877854 Ms Natalie Goodbrand [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9856079?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:52:32 UTC 9856079 Mr Nathanael Arnott-Davies [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9854214?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:59:47 UTC 9854214 Joey Frances [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9852431?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:48:43 UTC 9852431 Mr Waseem Yaqoob [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851633?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:37:55 UTC 9851633 Cllr Russ McPherson [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851256?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:03:05 UTC 9851256 Mr Steve Cawley [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851080?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:45:59 UTC 9851080 Molly Gavriel [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851035?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:41:46 UTC 9851035 Mr Owen Holland [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850614?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:48:48 UTC 9850614 Fuad Musallam [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850526?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:38:44 UTC 9850526 Councillor Robert Dryden [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9849439?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 04:29:17 UTC 9849439 Mr Roland Farkas [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9847062?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:04:01 UTC 9847062 Mr Leonardo Impett [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846078?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:24:05 UTC 9846078 d babouris [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9845524?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 05:04:15 UTC 9845524 Mr Arthur Mason [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844994?utm_medium=rss This idea undemocratic and totally
ideological. It will serve no useful purpose
Try asking peterborough

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 03:49:10 UTC 9844994 Mr Nick Dale [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844110?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:31:40 UTC 9844110 Mr Steven Gregory [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844068?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:24:25 UTC 9844068 David Goode [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843648?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:16:09 UTC 9843648 Ms Joanne Craig [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9837722?utm_medium=rss It is tragic to see my training school accept this. Teachers give so much of themselves, thinking of others only. Who thinks of us? We all want best for the future-in order to protect the future, we need to protect the present. By removing local,accountable oversight to our school we weaken the link between educators&the community we serve. We are carers, in turn we too need to be cared for. We try to positively reinforce others. This in't the way to support our educators or students.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:54:13 UTC 9837722 Mr Andrew Howarth [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9836374?utm_medium=rss As a parent who will (hopefully) have children at the school for the next 7 years I wholeheartedly oppose these plans.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:40:28 UTC 9836374 Cllr George Owers [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9836338?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:36:19 UTC 9836338 Mr Daniel Ratcliffe [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9836325?utm_medium=rss I completely oppose these plans. The lack of local democratic oversight, the costs of having to contract out services previously supplied by the LEA, and also the damage it will do to other LEA-controlled schools are but three of my concerns.

The only benefits, it seems to me, are a greater share of the schools budget (unfair to those who don't go to Chesterton), & the ability to control admissions policy & pay and conditions. Dangerous things to take out of democratic control.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:34:33 UTC 9836325 Mr Drew Peacock [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9834065?utm_medium=rss I would like for Chesterton to become an Acadamy. I agree with Mr Samuel Juniper.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:00:38 UTC 9834065 Cllr. Adam Pogonowski [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9830728?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 03:30:05 UTC 9830728 Luke Baldwin-Smith [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9818279?utm_medium=rss I was a student at Chesterton Community College from 2003-2008, unfortunately ever since I left it's started turning into public but private school. The rules laid down have put students off and learning is now unenjoyed - If it turns into an academy, matters will only get worse.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:15:20 UTC 9818279 MR Matthew Govett [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9815521?utm_medium=rss I am totally against private organisations fuding schools and influencing the Curriculum

]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2011 05:34:35 UTC 9815521 Mr Alex Storey [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9815150?utm_medium=rss This college should not turn into an Academy, The standard of Teaching would collapse, And it would just be such a Blow, The college is Happy and Fine as it is being run by the LEA

]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:55:36 UTC 9815150 Miss Anonymous [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9808895?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:31:31 UTC 9808895 Dr Caroline Potter [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9803977?utm_medium=rss As a parent at a feeder school I feel we should be consulted too not ignored

]]> Tue, 1 Mar 2011 01:20:22 UTC 9803977 Mrs rosalind higham [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9800909?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:23:28 UTC 9800909 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9800371?utm_medium=rss As a parent of a child with special needs, I would be extremely concerned about the loss of protection and assistance the LEA offers, and what facilities the school would put in place to replace this. I would need great assurance that the school had a positive attitude to inclusion of children with special needs and not wish to exclude them because of extra demands on teachers and funding.

]]> Tue, 1 Mar 2011 05:07:55 UTC 9800371 Carey Denton [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9799983?utm_medium=rss I have two children in year five at Milton Road that will go to Chesterton. This decision impacts on me as much as current parents of children at Chesterton. A longer, broader consultation is needed.

]]> Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:05:52 UTC 9799983 Sharon Wattley [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9796570?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:57:21 UTC 9796570 Ms Susan Sparkes [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9796190?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:05:59 UTC 9796190 Ms Barbara Bultmann [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9796006?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:44:14 UTC 9796006 mr david evans [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9795842?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:25:47 UTC 9795842 Mr Daniel Zeichner [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9794655?utm_medium=rss What is the rush? A quick decision just puts pressure on other schools to follow suit. And very quickly, the local education authority becomes unviable - so no sharing of risk, costs or expertise. And if local people have concerns about a school, they have to go to the man in Whitehall. Not localism, but vandalism.

]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:09:13 UTC 9794655 mrs Angela Mcintyre [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9793499?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:02:04 UTC 9793499 Mrs Nicola Anderson [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9793371?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:47:58 UTC 9793371 MRS T Goode [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9793310?utm_medium=rss More consultation needed with all parents outlining the pros and cons of this, also how can you keep community feel and help children with special needs if these services are provided by private company, surely they will only be thinking of money and not the childrens best interest.

]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:41:16 UTC 9793310 John Purkis [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9788299?utm_medium=rss As a former chair of the PTA I am concerned that all the effort we made in setting up a comprehensive school is now to be destroyed in favour of what will inevitably become a selective private school. Secondly we know from what has happened elsewhere that the first thing to go will be properly qualified staff, who will be replaced by teaching assistants in order to save money.

]]> Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:41:21 UTC 9788299 Mr Samuel Juniper [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9787369?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:10:34 UTC 9787369 Margery Abbott [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9785198?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:44:11 UTC 9785198 Miss Yolanda Viola-Glapinska [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9781796?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:04:24 UTC 9781796 Kathrine Brannan [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9780486?utm_medium=rss only a year and a bit ago my daughter was told by the SENCO no moderation of the timetable would be made for her ( she is on the autistic spectrum with severe sensory difficulties), There was no reply from mark patterson when we parents asked to see him. I see that the signed 'isolation room' with barred windows has only just disappeared, on the surface at least,. my child is no longer at the school but while Plato ran a worthwhile academy once, that honourable name can not be attached here.

]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:02:41 UTC 9780486 Ms Pat Treasure [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9777557?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:43:03 UTC 9777557 Mr Mike Sargeant [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9776610?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:35:55 UTC 9776610 Mrs Daphne Babouris [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9772278?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:01:37 UTC 9772278 Virginia Yates [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9772208?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:53:22 UTC 9772208 Ms Anonymous [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9769971?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:23:49 UTC 9769971 Ms Anonymous [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9769962?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:22:41 UTC 9769962 Chris Freeman [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9769327?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:04:47 UTC 9769327 ms lorna mansbridge [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9769243?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:55:34 UTC 9769243 mr Anonymous [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768203?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:47:40 UTC 9768203 Mr Nicholas Ripley [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9767563?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:05:02 UTC 9767563 Mr Pete Murphy [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9765452?utm_medium=rss I was a student teacher here many years ago.It is a sad sign of a sick decline when they seek privatisation of community education.

]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:04:31 UTC 9765452 Mr Kevin Price [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9765209?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:34:18 UTC 9765209 Mrs Jane McHugh [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9764027?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:20:43 UTC 9764027 ms Christine Outhwaite [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9762980?utm_medium=rss My children were once at Chesterton Community College and I still live near and use its facilities. I do not want it to become an academy for many reasons, already well-rehearsed in the literature.There are questions concerning the effect on the support facilities of the LA, accountability, possible future changes in control, funding that could damage local education generally, its role as a community institution. I hope due democratic process will be followed in the consultation process.

]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:31:03 UTC 9762980 Miss Francisca Malaree [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9758741?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:25:25 UTC 9758741 Mr John May [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9758329?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:19:13 UTC 9758329 Rex Freeman [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9757822?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:26:54 UTC 9757822 mr john mcrobbie [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9757446?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:56:41 UTC 9757446 Mr Paul Clarkson [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9755377?utm_medium=rss As a former parent, I believed in the "community" principles in Chesterton "Community" College. The college is a community resource, not an independent body that can choose how it organises itself and for whom. No matter that the present governing body declares that nothing will change. The fact it is that the change in constitution will allow any governing body to make changes that are self seeking and not to the benefit of the community that the college serves.

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:28:57 UTC 9755377 Ms Caroline McHugh [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9753729?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:25:08 UTC 9753729 Mike Todd-Jones [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9752536?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:15:56 UTC 9752536 Mr Daniel McHugh [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9752533?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:15:44 UTC 9752533 Dr Anita Herle [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9752048?utm_medium=rss I am astonished and alarmed that the Governors of Chesterton Community College are trying to push through this very serious and unfortunate plan for Academy Status without proper consultation.

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:18:55 UTC 9752048 Mrs Sasha Wilson [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9749894?utm_medium=rss A friend forwarded this information to me and I would like to say that I do not wish to see Chesterton Community College become an Academy!

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:51:09 UTC 9749894 Mr Tariq Sadiq [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9749777?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:40:54 UTC 9749777 Robert Evans [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9749716?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:35:15 UTC 9749716 Ms Elizabeth Juett [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9749359?utm_medium=rss There must be proper, open consultations with all parents' voices being heard.

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:57:17 UTC 9749359 Ms Cheryl Warren [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9749080?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:29:32 UTC 9749080 Mr. Simon Baker [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9748816?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:59:26 UTC 9748816 Margaret Juett [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9745875?utm_medium=rss I am a parent and grandparent of children who attended Chesterton Community College, and I was a governor for 5 years. I am totally against it becoming an academy.

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:01:38 UTC 9745875 mr Glyn Burton [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:53:56 UTC 9744824 Simon Schaffer [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744732?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:45:21 UTC 9744732 Patrick Schicker [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744625?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:31:24 UTC 9744625 Dr Paul McHugh [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744590?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:26:31 UTC 9744590 Mr Ronald Speirs [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:26:24 UTC 9744589 Miss Carina O'Reilly [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744458?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:10:35 UTC 9744458 MS Anonymous [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9742328?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:45:11 UTC 9742328 Mr Richard Rose [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9742103?utm_medium=rss Good schools for all, not just the rich!

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:26:52 UTC 9742103 Daniel Sly [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9741959?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:08:50 UTC 9741959 Mr Steven Thoday [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9740203?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:37:44 UTC 9740203 Miss Jo Green [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9736482?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:36:06 UTC 9736482 Mr Robert Turner [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9731595?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:20:11 UTC 9731595 Mrs Catherine Turner [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9728423?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:49:57 UTC 9728423 Bridget Chapman [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9726397?utm_medium=rss Academies mean the end of state education and will open up education to profit making by private companies. This is morally wrong, would be a disaster for state education, and I urge the governors to do the right thing and vote against academy status.

]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:20:08 UTC 9726397 Ms Ruth Andrews [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9726153?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:50:58 UTC 9726153 Tom Woodcock [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9725985?utm_medium=rss I want my son to go to a school that is publicly owned and run by in the interest of the whole of the community. I want it to collaborate through the democratically accountable local authority and to share its resources and draw an publically owned and accountable central services. I want his teachers to be well motivated and well paid and included in national pay negotiations. I do not want private companies to profit from my son or any other childs education. NO TO ACADAMIES!

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