James Barber

Hi DuncanW, It extremely unlikely a Compulsory Purchase Order of land approach would be taken. It can take quite some time. But if you had a site you think should be CPO'd for a new secondary school please email me in private.

Hi newboots, Many possibilities. Lets first find out if we have enough local support for this and then take the second step. Families can always withdraw their support if they're not happy with the provider and the ethos. Hopefully we'll not follow a route that causes that. Lets find out the level of support. It looks really encouraging so far but we've still 137 families to find who want to give their support.

Hi KidHardy, I'll ask. Hi Fazer71, Many of the lower flying aircraft are related to London City airport which open in 1987 and grown rapidly. The colder weather means noise travels further and louder so they might also help explain why it's suddenly worse. Scotland had terrible storms a little earlier this week so also suspect a number of flights from had to fly in and out.

We'd have two charters. Doesnt sound diverse when so many different bodies could create a new school for us.

Hi marfisa, Expanding The Charter would add extra places but it wouldnt give people more options. With more diversity of schools we spread risk.

Sorry I'm being dim this Friday afternoon - CPO's?

Sadly not large enough for a secondary school site.

Hi DuncanW, LA run hasn't been a realistic option since Tony Blair came to power. Saying that LA schools can be enlarged. The proposed Ivydale Primary school expansion will double the number of pupils from 420 to 840. But such mega schools arent ideal for children.

'Im amazed. Which property. Please email me directly so we can get this fixed before someone has more than a near miss.

Hi worldwiser, Sorry I've not come back before. I don't have an answer yet but have asked. As you say I'm also agog at how they've been allowed to undertake their works. It sets a terrible precendence. With London house prices predicted to rise by 50% by 2018 we can expect to see a lot more of these types of basement works.

Hi unlurked, You're right but if it's been out of action for so long the normal channels don't work. Hi ultraburner, Have reported it. Suspect it will have a reason for not being fixed before. Whenever the local electric distribution company are involved it takes minimum weeks and often months.

Hi newboots, Yes, if their was a different large enough site. But their isn't any other obvious site large enough for a secondary school. The alternative would be local children travelling some considerable distances to schools. So I have to disagree.

Hi Jessie and ITATM I've PM'd you both. We need to show that their is sufficient support for a new secondary school. With that support we can talk to providers and Southwark Council from a better stronger position.

I'm sure they could be persuaded but we have many providers we can approach.

I couldnt agree more Shuggy.

Hi Belle, Yes, all support helps. Hi bornagain, If you know of any 12,000m2 sites in the Dulwich area please do let me know. I've not found any. Dulwich Hospital site is 27,000m2. Health needs long-term 5,000m2 of it. A primary school up to 5,000m2. Irony is if we don't place schools there housing is likely which would need lots of school places. Hi hellosailor, Don't think we need two new local secondary schools! One should be enough. Keen to have volunteers to join a steering committee.

I've been asked if I can attend the 11/12 session. I wont be able to due to a work function I need to attend. I'm concerned this meeting will degenerate as it seems pretty clear they know they have really unahappy/angry patients. Obvious thing to do is employ a receptionist and they havent. Ideally they' hold 11/12 meeting having done something to start fixing the problems and have an outline plan for fixing all the known problems.

So far 5 supporting families with another 4 with slightly younger children. Please do email your support. We need 180 to make a fabulous schools happen. Please also indicate if you'd like to join a steering committe for this school.

Maximising choice is really important. Coed a must as we have choice for single sex boys and girls schools locally. Plenty of religious schools in Southwark so non-faith is important.

TO REGISTER SUPPORT GOTO www.newschool.org.uk Today we can announce that our chosen provider is Haberdashers' Aske's Federation to provide a new secondary school on the Dulwich Hospital site. It will be modelled on their Hatcham College (but without the junior school). Now 751 supporting families. Thank you. Do you support a new East Dulwich secondary school? We need 180 families to support a new 6 form entry secondary school to make it happen - 90 families with children starting secondary school Sept 2016 and 90 starting secondary school Sept 2017 - currently in year 3 or 4 at primary school. (or 150 for a 5 form entry school). If you have children due to start secondary school Sept 2016 or 2017 please email me your support for a new exemplary secondary school stating your name, child?s date of birth and your home post code to: [email protected] Background: Locally East Dulwich councillors have been working to solve the Primary school reception places gap. By September 2016 the gap would have risen to 215-235 reception places. We?ve supported one free school that?s opened by finding a site for it and provided the evidence and suggested sites for another two free schools. Together they should provide 170 of the required places and Southwark Council are providing places in neighboring areas relieving demand on Dulwich schools by about 45 places. But after primary school where will these extra children go ? do we need a new exemplary secondary school to provide enough local places? The bulge in primary school places started in 2009. Those children will need secondary school places 2016. We also know that currently few families are being offered the secondary school places they want. Instead many are being offered places in New Cross, Crayford, Walworth and that?s before the 2009 primary bulge takes effect. Council officials tell us we have plenty of places. The same officials that said we didn't have a problem in 2009. They plan secondary school places on a borough wide basis. But most families think much more locally than that. To test the numbers the Lib Dem leader asked the Labour council leader about school places (page 19 second paragraph). If you ignore the political ping pong he stated ?The forecasts show continuing demand for secondary places and suggest that in the medium term from 2016 additional secondary places may be needed in the borough.? These jigsaw pieces tell me we need a new secondary school in the Dulwich area opening September 2016. This date is useful because the East Dulwich Harris Boys Academy will have had two sets of GCSE result by then and should be even more popular with the anticipated great results. So it wouldn?t suffer from a new competing local school. The Charter School and Kingsdale School are both already immensely popular so shouldn?t suffer any rival new school. Where and what? Residents don?t need another single sex school because we now have one of each . So a new school would need to be co-ed. The Dulwich Hospital site is the only Dulwich land with sufficient space for a secondary school. A secondary school would still leave plenty of space for the proposed primary school and proposed medical facilities. Which provider? With your support we will attract a great provider and convince Southwark Council to plan places in a more family orientated way. Do you support a new East Dulwich secondary school? If you have children due to start secondary school Sept 2016 or 2017 please email me your support for a new exemplary secondary school stating your name, child?s date of birth and your home post code to: [email protected]

Hi oimissus, Not strictly true. An education authority such as Southwark Council can tell schools its responsible to expand against the wishes of the head and governing body. But it can't direct academies or free schools which don't report to local education authorities. We'll have the East Dulwich Harris Free Primary school opening Sept 2015. This will provide 60 additional places. But Southwark Council have decided, as they did with the Judith Kerr before it opened, not to include this school in its admissions process. This time round Judith Kerr and its 50 places are in the admission process. So we've seen 110 extra places go into the system locally in a relatively short space of time. This should take the building pressure for this round. Hi rachel83, Hopefully we won't get to that stage. But they can be. The schools that bulged over the last few years often returned a former classroom from being used an ICT suite of music room to a classroom. In the case of ICT suits they've been replaced with trolleys of laptops and iPads taken to classrooms.

Hi LadyShip, I would suggest people need to complain to the contacts I've previously given. If enough people complain something will be done. But as a councillor I don't have any direct influence.

Hi rahrahrah, I must say I feel relieved the original statement and advertisement by council officials is apparently wrong. They stated closure for 18months. They've done nothing to correct or readvertise that it's upto 18 months or to get the street name correct! Some have been told up to 3 street closures a day each of 15mins. Others have been told 30mins. Baffled how something so simple could have been made so complicated.

That's a little harsh Falklands. I was sent an email by council officials telling me Crawthew Grove would be closed for 18 months. I alerted people to this. Those officials have since said it wont be closed for 18 months and only up to 3 times a day for 30mins. They've not explained why so much of the road has been handed over to the builders for offices, huge skips, lavatories. Hi EDLove, That looks great. I just wish they could put a little more thought into planning how to achieve this desgin being thoughtful about impact on other residents.

Officers contacted me last night to say it will now be 3x 30mins a day of closure. That it won't be for 18 months but they've issued a temporary traffic management order for 18 months because that's the maximum they can issue one for and you nevertheless know it might take another 18 months! The TTMO has to be advertised. The public notice ad placed in Southwark News p.53 was for a road called "Carthew Grove". Clearly not the same road. So if you get held up by any road closures on Crawthew Grove call the Police non emergency number 101 - little point calling Southwark Council.