Building with angels: January 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012

Consultation

We are about to begin the statutory consultation process shortly. This will be the opportunity for everyone - especially in the local community - to express their support.

Our headteacher, governors and teachers are beavering away with Department of Education consultants on the structure of the new curriculum. This is an area over which Free Schools have considerable freedom. At the moment we are giving particular care to how we will provide ICT (Information and Communications Technology) as it is vital that we are completely up-to-date with the latest developments. We are of course considering various 'cloud-based' systems.

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The history of St Michael's School

Following the closure of Tremough private girls' school in 1998(the only Catholic Secondary in Cornwall), some great spirited teachers and parents started up a 'small' school for children from primary age through to 16. It was able to move into the present building - a former Methodist Church in St George's Rd, Truro. In the autumn of 2009, the concept of free-schools was floated amongst all three political parties and reached the ears of the directors of St Michael's. We decided to try and gain free-school status; we would finally have financial security whilst retaining our very special ethos. This blog charts the moves behind this success story!

(The 'Angels' of the title are the many people throughout the country who over the years have pledged themselves to support the school; and of course St Michael, as well as being patron of Cornwall, is the chief archangel).

Friday, 27 January 2012

Consultation

Creating our curriciculum