another Kingsdale thread bites the dust

[gingeroots]

So the whole thread has gone - positive comments ,queries ,critical comments .

Kind of makes posting on internet forums unattractive .

Any pretence of a space where comment and ideas can be exchanged blown .

[CashmereHoodlum]

I missed this. Does it happen often? What were the reasons for the deletion?

[blindworm]

Woo, I knew another one would be up within the hour.
Anyone feel free to PM me, I kept track right to the end and will do on this one.

[TimeChild]

Thanks blindworm - you are officially the secretary of the 'Kingsdale thread

[AfterEightMintyy]

I think now all of this throws up far more interesting questions about censorship and freedom speech than anything that could be happening at the school.

[blindworm]

I fully accept my duties as the Kingsdale thread scribe

[CashmereHoodlum]

Shocked.

[Alonglongway]

Iit was Blindworm's vendetta against the Duke of Edinburgh what done it

[CarlingBlackMabel]

Well, it's poor show.

I'm not impressed.

However, I really don't want to see a local school, with a generation of happy children be trashed and lose it's reputation which could quickly lead to a reverse of everything that HAS been achieved, because of a war of nerves on the internet. So until the new facts we are awaiting are published, I'll leave well alone, I think.

[welshwalsh]

That is fair enough CBM. It won't be long until both the Ofsted inspection report and the exam results are published.

[blindworm]

Article published in the Guardian today: www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/dec/10/teachers-whistleblowing-exam-cheating-schools

[SminkoPinko]

Does anyone know when the inspection finished? Apparently the report is published 10 working days after the inspection finishes and will be on the ofsted website after 15 working days.

[TimeChild]

It takes guts to be a whistleblower. One of my dh's friends was a whistleblower (not in education). He lost his job, lived in stress for several years and happily was finally vindicated in court. No one would want to put themselves through that unless they are totally convinced that it is the right and honourable thing to do.

[Lowlands]

For the sake of those who don't know my other half works at the school. I AM NOT A TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL. And for the sake of saying it, EVERYTHING I SAY IS MY OPINION, MY BELIEF, MY UNDERSTANDING.

[SminkoPinko]

Thanks, lowlands. Report will be on website just after Christmas then. I am not counting on the school giving it out the week after next...

[SminkoPinko]

Sorry, next week, I meant.

[Lowlands]

well it just depends. What is considered a working day by Ofsted? It may be after the New Year, at the same time as the GCSE results are also published. Which as you know will be the first staff and parents see of the results.

[SminkoPinko]

The New Year could start with a bit of a bang...