Beryl

As someone new to the thread - and having read all of it - can someone please tell me who is James Barber? And how much are Harris paying him?

Hi Belle. I have also heard something similar and now that I've read the post from MsMaz I am really concerned. We live in the Peckham Rye area and I assumed the Charter bid would be covering there because otherwise they will be duplicating some of their existing catchment area which just doesn't make sense. Especially when you look at the Heat map. Thanks Samstopit. Very disappointed with Charter if this is the case.

Hi I've been reading the posts with interest. It seems that there is a lot of concern about random allocation which I share. I wonder how to get those views represented on the steering group? Mr Barber was somewhat unclear as to the processes by which that would happen. I am also glad to see that some people have raised the very serious issues surrounding free schools - namely accountability, transparency and quality assurance processes. I also note that during these threads there have been many calls for a public meeting ie. one larger than can be accommodated at Mr Barber's house. I would support that call now that things have progressed - an open meeting for full and frank discussion of the issues would surely be timely? I know Mr Barber is keen to postpone this until after the application but surely the application will represent the views of the steering group and not necessarily reflect any consensus?