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Ofsted Inspection
Jennie Christopher, Lead social care inspector and Melissa McMillan, Social Care inspector visit the school. -
Deloitte Employed
Deloitte employed to handle administration of Rayners Educational Trust -
Parents Informed
Parents were informed via email that school has gone into administration -
Save Penn School campaign begins
Parents, pupils and teachers begin Save Penn School online campaign via Facebook page and Twitter. -
PTA Meeting where representatives sent to discuss the situation
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MP Steve Baker releases first blog post on Penn School
"I did not receive any written communication from the governors or trustees telling me what was happening. At a late stage, I chanced to meet the Head, who briefly informed me of the situation. When I learned the school was facing closure, I wrote to the Secretary of State highlighting the situation and asked for the Department’s proposals on the way forward. Ive also written to Bucks County Council asking as a matter of urgency for work with local parents to find other suitable school place" -
MP Steve Baker releases second blog post on Penn School
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Third blog post on Penn School released by MP Steve Baker
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Ofsted Inspection Report Released Online
Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: requires improvement.
Quality of care and support: good.
How well children and young people are protected: requires improvement
Impact and effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate -
PTA meeting where they are informed there are potential buyers
5 parties were said to be interested in the school -
Parents write open letter to MP Steve Baker about unsuitable placements
Open letter to MP Steve Baker from parents said that school places suggested by Bucks County Council are not suitable. Some schools rejected pupils, others were hundreds of miles away and some had no provisions for special needs children. -
Parents told deadline to find buyer extended to 31st July
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MP Steve Baker responds after admitting he knew of closure
He was informed that the school was under threat on June 5 but said it was not his place to get involved with the running of a privately funded school. -
School breaks up for summer
Could potentially be the last ever day for Penn School.
Parents, teachers and pupils proceeded to The Red Lion to discuss whether any further action can be taken. -
PTA Meeting
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Trustees issue statement via PR company
Trustees issue statement via PR company PHA to GetBucks exclusively.
It is a Q and A style statement. Later added to the Penn School website. -
Deloitte said there is no deadline to find buyer
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Seventy one redundancies announced for staff at the school
Deloitte inform Get Bucks that seventy one redundancies are to be made at the school and some will stay to maintain the site.
Search for buyer continues, they said. -
Fundraising halted
Fundraising and donations have been halted. The Save Penn School facebook page said that half of the money will go to ICAN and the top charity chosen via the survey. -
Deloitte said speculations of an offer are false
Various facebook posts say that an offer had been made and the buyer wished to remain anonymous.
Deloitte however, said this is not the case, that business negotiations cannot be discussed and that parents are not stopped should they start finding alternative school placements. -
Online petition for Secretary of State and Education reaches over 300 signatures
3343 signatures are added to petitionsite's petition for the attention of the Secretary Rt Honerable Nicky Morgan MP Education Secretary of State and Education.
The petition has been started by Joy Reilly