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Chair of Governors updates Putney on the current situation at Chartfield School.
Wandsworth have again put off the decision over the future of Chartfield
special needs school in Putney now until January 2004. It is an excellent school
that bridges the gap between mainstream and special needs.
The
school is designated as a delicate school and the pupils are those who may have
specific learning needs such as dyslexia, language disorders, Aspergers Syndrome,
medical needs such as epilepsy or may simply need a smaller learning environment
for this stage in their education.
Wandsworth are planning to close the school despite it being popular, successful
and highly praised by OFSTED. They are planning on moving a lot of the children
into mainstream even though 92% of the parents don't want it for their children
and the children simply won't cope. Most have been bullied in mainstream and are
with us now because the effect this has had on them.
The rest they are
intending on placing into an already cramped Garratt Park special needs school
for children with behavioural problems and moderate learning difficulties. In
order to fit in the projected 40 pupils they want to build on the already too
small playground. Delicate children and those with behavioural problems don't
mix. There is also the fact that most of our children have mainstream IQ's and
Chartfield has an excellent record on GCSE achievement.
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parents formed the Chartfield Parents Action Group when the proposals were first
anounced back in Oct 2002. We now have a website which shows all the press coverage
received and outlines more fully the plans for the school and the school and parents'
objections. www.handsoffchartfield.co.uk |
Howard Battersby
Chair of Governors
22nd
October 2003
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