There was a Croft event this week to gain local opinion as to how the Croft School Safety zone and parking restriction should look in the area. There was a Croft event this week to gain local opinion as to how the Croft School Safety zone and parking restriction should look in the area. There is information and an on-line survey at www.swindon.gov.uk/croftevent Paper copies are available on request. The consultation runs until 5 September. Please have your say.
Councillor Nadine Watts (Old Town) would like to bring to your attention that there is an event being held by Swindon Borough Council at Croft School on Tuesday 15 July, 17:00 – 19:45 and Wednesday 16 July 2014, 17:00 – 19:45 to discuss Croft School safety zone & local parking restrictions. Councillor Nadine Watts (Old Town) would like to bring to your attention that there is an event being held by Swindon Borough Council at Croft School on Tuesday 15 July, 17:00 -…
Old Town Ward Councillor, Nadine Watts, and some of her local constituents have felt aggrieved following yesterday evening’s Children’s Overview Committee Meeting that discussed the ‘Croft School review’. The review in to the opening and closing of schools (with the opening of Croft School being the key case-study) was commissioned at a Swindon Full Council Meeting in June 2012 and was completed by two people independent of the Croft School process- Keith Carby and David Wilkie.
Following requests at the last Children & Young People's Overview & Scrutiny meeting, a further meeting has been arranged by Swindon Borough Council Officers for Wednesday 27th March 2013 to discuss the Review in to Opening and Closing Schools. The meeting will start at 6pm. Review into opening and closing of schools by Swindon Borough Council released
A review commissioned by the Children & Young Peoples Overview and Scrutiny Committee to look at Swindon Borough Council‟s Policies and Procedures for opening and closing schools within the Borough and to consider ways in which improvements can be made has been released.
Further to the item on the Croft School Report in the February/March edition of our Old Town Matters leaflet please find below and update on the report into the Croft School…
At the time of posting this update, the report on the opening and closing of schools in the Borough is still at a draft stage. Cllr Nadine Watts (Old Town) said “After missing the January target, I hope that the report will be available for the next meeting of the Children and Young People's Overview Committee on 6 March.”
Swindon Borough Council has instigated an independent review into the Croft school’s opening, which will include a second public meeting at the Marriott Hotel, off Marlborough Lane, at 7.30pm on Monday, October 22.
Swindon Council has instigated an independent review into the Croft school’s opening, which will include a public meeting at the Marriott Hotel, off Marlborough Lane, at 6pm on Wednesday, September 26.
The Labour Group Leader, Councillor Jim Grant, has called for a halt to the Croft Development until local residents’ concerns about the process of the school being granted have been heard. The Labour Group Leader has also written to the Leader of the Council, Councillor Rod bluh, requesting that he join him in meeting leaders of the Croft Community who have expressed their concerns about the proposed new Old Town School. I am calling for a temporary halt to the…