http://gopetition.com/signatures/support-our-local-authority-schools.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:03 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18901890?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 May 2015 01:19:13 UTC 18901890 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15557984?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:54:17 UTC 15557984 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15515842?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:03:15 UTC 15515842 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15511213?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:47:27 UTC 15511213 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15511060?utm_medium=rss I believe we have very good and well capable schools in the area as it is and in my opinion dont believe that another new school will give imputus to any lack of space; rather my recommendations would be to improve existing ones or expand them where poss will be a better option. Also i believe effects of the untested schools proposed will start off weak just like a business and may remain so, not gathering the numbers it requires ie quota amongst other worrying factors which make it sound the more unfeasible for it to have a solid co-existence in our community

]]> Sat, 13 Jul 2013 01:19:26 UTC 15511060 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15509000?utm_medium=rss We do not need another girl's school in this area which already boasts an EXCELLENT and OUTSTANDING school of a similar nature. The existing all inclusive school has a significant number of Muslims but offers a better opportunity for mixing with other religions in the borough. Another girl's school will affect the demographics and will disadvantage other schools.

]]> Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:26:56 UTC 15509000 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15508301?utm_medium=rss As a governor of a local school, I am concerned about the increasing number of groups attempting to set up free schools in the E17 postcode area. I would also rather see new local community schools opened as and when more school places are required, rather than single faith schools which I believe have the potential to divide rather than unite local communities.

]]> Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:05:35 UTC 15508301 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15441209?utm_medium=rss I want all our children to go to local schools, experience the same curriculum, and experience a free interchange between all. I do not want vested interests to control what our children learn.

]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:00:14 UTC 15441209 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15441176?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:51:46 UTC 15441176 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15441118?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:31:56 UTC 15441118 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15389242?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:01:40 UTC 15389242 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15361876?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jun 2013 04:55:03 UTC 15361876 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14900930?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:34:57 UTC 14900930 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14899419?utm_medium=rss Divisions in the education system are going to increase levels of inequality in this country which are already a cause for extreme concern. I predict that the social/cultural/religious divisions created will destroy the social cohesion of this country and lead to future riots and inter-ethnic violence. We need to invest in our local authority schools.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:50:36 UTC 14899419 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14889099?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:02:17 UTC 14889099 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14792856?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Mar 2013 03:55:44 UTC 14792856 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14770099?utm_medium=rss Keep education in the public sector.

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:37:53 UTC 14770099 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14765296?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:49:31 UTC 14765296 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14764746?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:32:56 UTC 14764746 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14764658?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:21:34 UTC 14764658 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14736211?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:36:04 UTC 14736211 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14699438?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:01:18 UTC 14699438 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14699330?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:45:08 UTC 14699330 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14695174?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:37:29 UTC 14695174 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14684669?utm_medium=rss Free schools and academies are the route to the privatisation on education.

]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:08:46 UTC 14684669 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14677598?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:45:37 UTC 14677598 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14663893?utm_medium=rss Give us a good secondary school without the need for evangelical crap or profit above the welfare of my kids. I should not feel the need to send my kids to private school I should send them to a great local school with their peers.

]]> Fri, 8 Feb 2013 01:42:55 UTC 14663893 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14493676?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:35:41 UTC 14493676 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14292842?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:56:12 UTC 14292842 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14290845?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:11:16 UTC 14290845 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271022?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:13:57 UTC 14271022 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14254896?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:53:49 UTC 14254896 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14229312?utm_medium=rss We have very good community schools in LBWF that will be adversely affected on several levels if this is allowed. It will also create divisions in our society. Schools should have qualified teaching staff, be inclusive and teach the curriculum.

]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:42:07 UTC 14229312 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14204677?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Dec 2012 04:32:11 UTC 14204677 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14186613?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Dec 2012 10:17:00 UTC 14186613 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14167118?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:38:18 UTC 14167118 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14166832?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:10:01 UTC 14166832 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14166540?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:04:58 UTC 14166540 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14132792?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:54:43 UTC 14132792 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14128740?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:32:02 UTC 14128740 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14128733?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:30:29 UTC 14128733 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14124199?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:06:15 UTC 14124199 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14117788?utm_medium=rss I think that we should focus resources on existing community schools rather than these "free schools". We see today that Accademies are costing £1billion more than expected, I wish this extra money was spent on community schools rather than the opt-out brigade who wish to have something special for their children alone.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:56:08 UTC 14117788 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14116028?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:37:43 UTC 14116028 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14115869?utm_medium=rss We need to support the schools we already have, instead of undermining them by building Free schools that will decrease the numbers attending our community schools. This will threaten the very survival of inclusive education in this borough. Why don't we increase the capacity in our existing secondary schools, just as the primary schools have done?

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:41:25 UTC 14115869 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14114790?utm_medium=rss We need to protect the life chances of all of our young people and ensure that resources and opportunities are equal.

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:26:31 UTC 14114790 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14105932?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:43:11 UTC 14105932 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14104058?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:01:41 UTC 14104058 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14102659?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:30:58 UTC 14102659 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14101253?utm_medium=rss When the time comes for my child to go to secondary school, I would like to see a good selection of local schools, with good teaching and facilities. I believe the LEA is best placed to provide this. I do not believe it is right for education to be placed in the hands of commercial organisations (academies) or organisations with biased, vague or undisclosed agendas (free schools).

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:52:55 UTC 14101253 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14101108?utm_medium=rss Fragmentalising the education infrastructure is not working, and is bound to fail, particularly in areas such as Waltham Forest.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:28:15 UTC 14101108 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14100597?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:37:58 UTC 14100597 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14100049?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:34:12 UTC 14100049 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14091905?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:20:06 UTC 14091905 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14089133?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:22:30 UTC 14089133 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14084803?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:18:41 UTC 14084803 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14082241?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:51:18 UTC 14082241 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14076267?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:01:28 UTC 14076267 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14075429?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:45:21 UTC 14075429 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14075420?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:43:08 UTC 14075420 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14074098?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:12:40 UTC 14074098 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14073867?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:11:39 UTC 14073867 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14072680?utm_medium=rss I am opposed to the incremental break up of the state education. When fundamental reforms take place in other crucial services, consultation takes place, for instance the NHS. In this instance, a policy is in place which does not have the benefit of consultation and as a result there are no checks and balances in the new system which is being imposed on parts of the british education system through coercion of those running schools placed in impossible situations and complicity of those in local governments and otherwise. And there is always a risk of a third 'c' that often rears its head at some point where coercion and complicity exist, and the ends have justified means the reprecusions of which have not been fully assessed.

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:57:51 UTC 14072680 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14072672?utm_medium=rss I have a three year old child and am already concerned about the lack of secondary school choice he will have when he reaches 11.
I have worked in schools throughout Hackney and have seen the transformation that The Learning Trust has taken Hackney schools through. I only wish a similar not-for-profit company could be set up to run and improve Waltham Forest's education department.

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:55:04 UTC 14072672 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14072166?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:43:54 UTC 14072166 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071830?utm_medium=rss It is, in my view, essential that we support state schools and avoid the competition and 'privatisation' which free schools create.

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:37:15 UTC 14071830 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071681?utm_medium=rss With the imminent rebuild of Willowfield School in Walthamstow and the number of Secondary Schools with places I see no reason why we would need another school in Waltham Forest.

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:28:04 UTC 14071681 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071597?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:04:02 UTC 14071597 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071445?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:19:21 UTC 14071445 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071443?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:18:58 UTC 14071443 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071050?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:30:44 UTC 14071050 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14071049?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:30:41 UTC 14071049 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14069699?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:07:09 UTC 14069699 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14069491?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:03:36 UTC 14069491 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14069450?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:48:54 UTC 14069450 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14069143?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:05:33 UTC 14069143 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14068665?utm_medium=rss I find the whole government agenda of moving away from la run schools into the hands of religious institutions very worrying. I'm not sure the public at large is aware of or understands what is happening.

]]> Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:41:25 UTC 14068665 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14068448?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:36:22 UTC 14068448 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14068045?utm_medium=rss What a child needs from his/her school is for it to belong to a unified education system, where the teachers in the higher schools know what the children have been taught in the primary schools. I cannot see how this can happen in Waltham Forest if the schools are fragmented and allowed to do their own thing.

]]> Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:25:25 UTC 14068045 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14067963?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:26:27 UTC 14067963 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14067873?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:16:47 UTC 14067873 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14067216?utm_medium=rss It is about time that they stopped messing with education. We need to suport community
schools rather than fragmentation.

]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:48:40 UTC 14067216 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14067171?utm_medium=rss If there is a need for more school places then the local authority should expand existing schools or build new ones. There is no need for a 'Free' school in Waltham Forest. 'Free' schools are another way of letting private organisations gradually take control of education provision in the borough. They lack scrutiny and accountabiluty, deprive local schools of much needed funds and are only concerned with their own agenda. The government should properly fund local authorities to ensure there are enough schoool places.

]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:33:14 UTC 14067171 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14066848?utm_medium=rss We want locally run schools for our children. We do not want schools run by dubious international groups like the openly homophobic Oasis.

]]> Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:08:58 UTC 14066848 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14066764?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:38:22 UTC 14066764 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14066723?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:22:24 UTC 14066723 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14066194?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:23:27 UTC 14066194 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065890?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:58:45 UTC 14065890 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065848?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:39:47 UTC 14065848 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065601?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:17:21 UTC 14065601 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065524?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:16:57 UTC 14065524 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065395?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:59:33 UTC 14065395 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14065361?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:44:48 UTC 14065361 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14064516?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Nov 2012 05:28:57 UTC 14064516 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14064208?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Nov 2012 03:49:39 UTC 14064208 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14064083?utm_medium=rss Education is a right which cannot be adequately provided by the private sector.

]]> Fri, 9 Nov 2012 03:06:33 UTC 14064083 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14063898?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Nov 2012 02:16:00 UTC 14063898 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14063671?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:56:53 UTC 14063671 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14063647?utm_medium=rss Fully agree that consultation was biased. Also believe Oasis and WSSI are deliberately undermining the very good work done by Walthamstow schools whilst exaggerating the success of Oasis schools to suit their case. Further believe that the LA must rapidly get and publicise clarification on the pupil placement issue to show the Oasis/WSSI case is fundamentally flawed.

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