Tag archives for University of Brighton Academies Trust
Academy Chain Shortlist
The Department for Education has drawn up a shortlist of six academy chains being considered to take over the running of local schools formerly run by UBAT, the University of Brighton…
NEU calls to return schools to LA control
James Ellis The National Education Union (NEU) held a well-attended demonstration in Wellington Place on Saturday morning (22 March) to support the return to local authority control of six primary…
‘Victory’For Hastings Academies
KENT BARKER Eight Hastings schools and six others across Sussex are to be removed from control of the University of Brighton Academies Trust (UBAT). In a brief statement on 20…
Government Acts over Hastings Schools Funding
ERIN WARD The Government has committed to abolishing the current Academy Schools’ funding model following the intervention of local MP Helena Dollimore in the House of Commons on 9 ;…
New MP Raises UBAT Concerns
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Helena Dollimore, the newly elected MP for Hastings and Rye, has raised her concerns about the ongoing dispute between local members of the National Education Union (NEU) and…
Striking Teachers Demand Better Funding
MERLIN BETTS Earlier this week, members of the National Education Union (NEU) went on strike at five schools across Sussex, four of them in Hastings. The union’s principal point of…
Teachers to Strike Over School Trust Management
MERLIN BETTS On Saturday 8 June the National Education Union (NEU) held a meeting to consult with parents and the public on possible strike action against University of Brighton Academies…
Academy Trust Row Continues
Parents and carers at Baird Primary Academy recently received a letter announcing a move from two form entry to “ form entry,” almost certainly meaning different year groups will be…
School Strike Threatened Over ‘Diversion’ of Funding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust (UBAT) has been accused of diverting excessive sums of money from two individual secondary schools which it governs, St Leonards Academy and the Hastings…
Exclusions and Appeals
The University of Brighton Academies Trust, which is the governing body of the Hastings Academy, sets out its exclusion policy on its website as follows: “Where the academy’s approaches towards…
Community Funded Solar Power Plan For Local Schools
Energise Sussex Coast, a not-for-profit community group fighting fuel poverty and the climate crisis, is forming a new cooperative to fund solar panels on local schools. This community-owned, renewable electricity…