Athena Learning Trust Complaints

22/10/2023

Bideford College isolation/suspension/leaver statistics.
SEN children almost twice as likely to be isolated with Athena policies.

10/10/2023

Our CEO again.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/mum-banned-school-after-handing-1728099?fbclid=IwAR0-9jUkP5ueKqBNyL0MFiZEiq7Y-npR_2wmpAWi7O0bDHy32jg62FAc_bQ_aem_AVs19tL-zhTtDdOektAwzXSTevQL2Dc6CCXKaRFW3s9E4XMYtZSrI3OBYR0O4DM4PmI

She says childrens' health is more important than school keeping up appearances

05/10/2023

Would you put your own child in the naughty corner for 6 hours?

05/10/2023

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=707154388104114&id=100064286784951

A discussion has taken place between North Devon MP Selaine Saxby and Ilfracombe Academy headteacher Steve Rogers amid growing concerns over its controversial new behaviour policies

05/10/2023

Athena staff worry about “misdiagnosed labels”

It takes years to get a diagnosis in the U.K.

05/10/2023

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/11862088.pupils-suspended-more-than-600-times-since-september-figures-reveal/

TEENAGERS have already been suspended from Swindon schools on more than 600 occasions since the beginning of the 2014/2015 academic year.

05/10/2023

Teaching Union concerned.

Cornwall's largest teacher and education trade union has spoken out about upset within schools saying 'to deal with behaviour in an absolutist way is not the answer'

05/10/2023

It is claimed children are 'unnecessarily' disciplined over minor incidents such as looking out of the window and dropping pens and are missing out of hours of education in 'reflection and suspension'

05/10/2023

Chaos descended on a Cornish school yesterday and police attended as parents and pupils began protesting. The youngsters organised the action against what they see as super strict rules at Camborne Science and International Academy (CSIA), which some have likened to a prison. Read more here - https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/live-camborne-school-pupil-parent-8765936

05/10/2023

This week's headlines in Cornwall have been dominated mums, dads and pupils themselves kicking off over new and seemingly tighter regimes at one Cornish secondary school in particular. Police attended as youngsters protested and one year 11 student has spoken out about the experience, saying classmates' actions were wrong https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/opinion-inside-school-protest-classmates-8769148