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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Lying awake at night, I often fantasize about the day my new school opens. I’m standing off to one side in this daydream, watching the pupils stream past in their brand new uniforms, faces full of hope. No fanfare, no plaudits. Just the quiet satisfaction of knowing I’ve made a difference. I’ll then get on my bicycle and ride off into the sunset, Gary Cooper-style.
Okay, it’s a bit pathetic. But I need something to keep me going. I’m currently leading the efforts of a group of parents and teachers in Acton to set up Britain’s first “free school” and it’s a Herculean task. We have to find a site, devise a curriculum, recruit the staff and persuade the government to pay for the whole kit and kaboodle. I recently met with Jonathan Fingerhut, the leader of a parent group that has succeeded in setting up a voluntary-aided school in Barnett, hoping for some encouragement, but he was plainspoken to a fault. “To be honest, if I’d known at the beginning of this process what I know now, I would never have taken it on,” he said. (To read more, click here.)
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@Deanybott Do you think it was deliberate? I hadn't thought of that. It was if my old iPhone was suffering from Huntingdon's (16 hours ago)
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