Peacehaven Heights Academy, part of STEP Academy Trust, is opening its doors to parents for an exciting glimpse into how teaching and learning is delivered, beginning with a series of phonics mornings for parents of pupils in Key Stage 1 and 2.
STAFF and parents at a primary school took further strike action today over plans to turn a school into an academy. Members of the National Education Union at Peacehaven Heights Primary School formed a picket line outside the school, before protesting outside County Hall in Lewes as the first in-person full council meeting took place since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. Campaigners are strongly against the school being handed over permanently to the STEP academy trust. Local governing bodies at Peacehaven Heights Primary School and Telscombe Cliffs Primary School were instructed to explore academy conversion in 2019 to raise standards – but following strike action at both schools, they decided against conversion.
TEACHERS and parents have held another strike over plans to convert a primary school to an academy, amid criticism the council is not listening to concerns. Staff, parents and pupils at Peacehaven Heights Primary School took industrial action yesterday against the school being handed over permanently to the STEP academy trust. In a march through Peacehaven, they waved colourful placards which read Step away from our school and We say no to greed and banged drums, and were joined by Kemptown MP Lloyd Russell-Mole, Labour candidate Chris Collier and former chairwoman of governors at the school, Angela Mills.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP was among those protesting
STAFF at a primary school are set to take strike action over plans to convert the school to an academy. The decision comes after the Interim Executive Board, which has run Peacehaven Primary School since 2019, put forward plans to hold a consultation on academy conversion this autumn. National Education Union (NEU) members at the school will take strike action on Wednesday, May 5. A survey found that two thirds of the school’s staff said they would be “likely or very likely to leave” if the school was converted into an academy, according to the East Sussex NEU. The proposed strike action is the latest move in an ongoing row over the school’s leadership.
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