A formal Council Scrutiny meeting was held the other night. That body will make its recommendations to the Council Cabinet in due course.  Following on from the meeting, Councillor Andrew Steed said Under questioning Free School campaigner Toby Young, was unable to indicate if the school would be up and running by September 2011, or indeed where the school would be, or from where the pupils will be drawn from. Councillor Andrew Steed said: "This level of uncertainty is a worry because of the unknown impact the proposed school will have on the local state schools. Although the Department of Education has given the green light for the proposal to proceed it seems Mr Young still does not know where the school will be located, it could be Ealing, Hammersmith or Hounslow." Councillor Steed added: "There was also some surprise that Mr Young could not even confirm the criteria for taking on teaching staff, i.e. if they will be qualified teachers. All the evidence is that professional staff deliver the best results and it is frankly shocking that there is even a suggestion that the teachers will not be qualified." During the May General Election, Liberal Democrats had raised numerous concerns at the public meetings that occured. Last night was a meeting of the Ealing Council Education and Children's Services Standing Scutiny Panel. Toby Young was speaking with local NUT spokesperson Nick Grant and Acton High Headteacher Mandy Golding.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Betrayed by free school location	07/09/10 21:24:00	Colin Izzard
Re:Betrayed by free school location	07/09/10 23:35:00	Robert Darke
Re:Re:Betrayed by free school location	08/09/10 08:46:00	Bob Roberts
Re:Re:Re:Betrayed by free school location	10/09/10 16:09:00	Colin Izzard
Re:Re:Betrayed by free school location	09/09/10 20:31:00	Thomas Barry

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