28 November (Part 3) - Bexley distinguishes itself in the Ofsted results…
…by
having the fewest number of council maintained schools and academies rated Outstanding in the
whole of London last year. And what was that number? A big fat zero!
The best boroughs were Southwark, Harrow and Ealing with 10, 9 and 7 outstanding
schools respectively. All Labour controlled as it happens. Only Barking and
Havering managed to share Bexley’s exalted position.
Previous years weren’t much better, two outstanding in 2010/11, one in 2009/10, one in 2008/09.
When Bexley council screwed up on Children in Care
a member of staff was dismissed, what’s the betting on Mark Charters (Director of Education and
Social Care) retaining his £175,000 package for this second failure?
Source data.
Councillor John Fuller,
Cabinet member for Education said, in a different context, “Bexley is fortunate to have many high quality schools”.