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"I fully support the efforts which parents and many other people are making to ensure that there is a wider choice of good quality secondary schools for their children to choose from. Not every family wants to send their children to schools with more than a thousand pupils. Many parents who have chosen to make their homes in rural communities would prefer a smaller school in a more rural setting.That diversity of choice is what this campaign is seeking to provide."
Tim Yeo
MP for South Suffolk
Tim's Website
**BLOG** - Tim mentions the recent meeting |
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P.G. Rix (Farms) Ltd.
Lodge Farm, Boxted Road, Gt. Horkesley,
Colchester, CO6 4AP
14th December 2009
S O S Campaign, Stoke By Nayland
P.G. Rix Farms Ltd and Stourgarden Ltd are two agricultural businesses operating in the Stour Valley and Stoke By Nayland area. We currently enploy 120 people and include a large number of local people who both live and have families at school in the local area.
We acknowledge that the 3 tier system will go and chages made to accommodate the 2 tier system.
What we cannot accept is the toal closure of Stoke By Nayland Middle School as a centre of learning.
The site, buildings, facilities and staff are very adequate to take on the challenge of a High School role. We do not need loacal children travelling to Cornard Upper School which in our opinion is already too large, over subscribed and not conducive to providing a good education.
In the past I was a governor at Stoke by Nayland Prinmary School and learnt to value the enormous benefits of local education.
We as signifcant employers would be very interested to support the concept of Stoke By Nayland High School and would look forward to providing career advice and possible opportunities to the students.
Yours sincerely
John G Rix
Director
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We wish to support your application to open as a High School. I myself went to Stoke by Nayland when it was Stoke by Nayland Secondary School 1961 -1965. Both our children were there as Stoke by Nayland Middle School and as both our grandchildren are at Boxford School we would have liked them to go to Stoke by Nayland.
Regards
Mr & Mrs R Horsley.
Bures, Suffolk.
I would be very happy if a new high school could be established on the SbyN site. It could become a great asset, since rural high schools benefit so many children - and not only those from the villages.
This message comes to you from
The Rev Canon B J Findlay Monks Eleigh Rectory Suffolk
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IT CAN BE DONE!
Find out how:
The Whole Community Welcome!
at
Stoke-by-Nayland Golf Club
Tuesday 27th April 8pm
Speakers include:
Tim Yeo
Rachel Wolf CEO New Schools Network
Patrick Bell - Save Clare Group
SOS - Stoke-by-Nayland Group
Others to be confirmed
The campaign for a high school at Stoke-by-Nayland has been in operation now for 5 months. In advance of the general election, new government, and final County Council decision on May 26th, we are holding an information evening next week.
We'll update the community on where we're at, and talk about the posiible next steps to take.
Tim Yeo has offered his time to speak, along with Rachel Wolf, the founder of the New Schools Network, an organisation set up to help in the process of setting up and running new schools.
Patrick Bell is a director of the charity company setting up a school at CLARE Suffolk. Clare are in the phase ahead of Stoke-by-Nayland and so are a little further along.
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The Green & Independent Group on Suffolk County Council support your campaign objectives. We believe that 'small is beautiful' and that schools such as Stoke-by-Nayland have served children, parents and local rural community very well indeed. Overall we favour schools serving no more than 700-900 pupils to function efficiently whilst at the same time being able to offer personalised approach and care; attention to individual needs; and very importantly a warm, 'socialising' and disciplined school environment.
A school which sits within and serves a rural catchment area is essential to the vitality and viability of that rural community; we recognise this social and economic importance and we hope to see your school continue to play this vital role into the future.
County Councillor Mark Ereira-Guyer
Spokesperson, Children, Schools & Young People
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