Comments please.......

Your comments would be appreciated on my ideas in the letter below. So far I have had these responses:

Dear Mr Waters,

Thank you very much for the copy of your letter which as you say does make very good reading and a lot of sense!

All the way through this process we have been challenging the LA to do things properly in terms of finance, provision and resources. We have, as Middle Schools, said that we will happily support the proposed move to two tier, but only if it is done correctly. As you say from the LA presentations, this is not the case.

Anything we can do to make the LA aware of this [though I am sure they know really!] cannot do any harm, but in the end will ultimately fall on deaf ears!

Thank you for your support and for taking the time to write to the LA.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Cresswell

Head Teacher. (Combs Middle School)

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Dear Mr Waters

Thank you for copying me in on your letter to the reorganisation group.

I Hold weekly meetings with my chair of governors and will bring up the up the issues you have raised concerning the Upper school as well as your positive comments about our school,this week.

Yours sincerely,

Russell Clark.

Headteacher. (Combs Ford Primary School)

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Dear Mr Waters

Thank you for copying me in to your response. Please excuse the brevity of my reply, as we receive many responses.

Your paragraph about the third high school in Combs is particularly interesting and I am sure will be discussed further.

Yours sincerely

Paul Calver

School Organisation Review Adviser (11-19)

Learning and Improvement Service

Children and Young Peoples Service

Suffolk County Council

Paul's Road Centre, Paul's Road, Ipswich, IP2 0AN

Tel: 01473 583527

Mob: 07557 536957

Email:paul.calver@suffolk.gov.uk

Achieving Excellence Together

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Dear Mr Waters

Thanks you for your detailed and thoughtful response.

I will discuss it with colleagues and may well take up your offer of further discussion.

Regards

Phil Whiffing (SOR Project Lead)