Council publish details for Year 6

One of the biggest concerns that SOCK have had over the past few months is the readiness of the Council to FINALLY provide some detail on the tranistional arrangements, and indeed some detail on the specifics around the academy.

This week the Admission to Secondary Schools parent information pack was published. The Academy is there, and the open evening so people can see the facilities is .............. NOT HAPPENING!

Remember that the Chapter site and current buildings ARE the academy until 2012 when the new buildings are ready. So people will want to see whats there, and perhaps understand the planned modifications etc. parents of exisiting students would be interested as well, since apart from SOCK knocking on doors and chasing for details, we have heard NOTHING.

But, don't panic there will be an "information evening" at the corn exchange, where there will be "Talks and presentations by the Academy sponsors and the Principal designate." - That really worries me - how can anyone make an informed decision about the future of their childrens education without seeing the place, talking to the students, the staff and parents.

I wrote previously that the preparations were half-cocked - it seems that even that was optimistic.

For those of you who haven't seen the prospectus - it's available online at the council's website