• Businesses at mercy of the planners

  By ClaireMel

  Agree completely. The Farmers site in Sevenoaks is a good example of big business winning against...

            

   

  By Sevenoaks Chronicle at 08:00 on 19/01/12

  

  Comment on Big building projects left hanging in limbo from page 11 WE ARE at the mercy of the elements at the moment. As the temperature rises, degree by degree, our moods get brighter, summer seems just a few days away and January days don't seem so bleak. But on days when it suddenly and sharply plummets and we are left shivering and trying to de-ice our cars with numb fingers, it seems the cold snap will never end. Our...

• Heads to discuss grammar school

  By GaryGee50

  Surely we do - there are always children who pass the 11 plus who don't get a grammar place, that's...

            

   

  By Westerham Chronicle at 08:00 on 12/01/12

  

  A SENIOR councillor is to meet with head teachers of schools across West Kent to discuss a plan for a new grammar school in Sevenoaks. More than 1,500 people have signed a petition for a grammar school in the town. One of their key arguments for the new facility is that 1,100 pupils – including those from Westerham, Sundridge and Brasted – who have passed the 11-plus travel outside of Sevenoaks every day to get to...

• Parents question need for Christian school in district

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  By Sevenoaks Chronicle at 08:00 on 11/11/11

  

  PARENTS are questioning a plan for a proposed Christian Free School. The group, called Sevenoaks Action for Community Education, believe a Christian School is not necessarily the answer to requirements in Sevenoaks. The organisation believes that there is a chance to create an alternative community school for children in the district on the Wildernesse site. Member Amanda Manuel thinks that more research and a petition is...

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  By Sevenoaks Chronicle at 08:00 on 18/11/11

  

  NOT everyone was convinced a Christian Free School was the best option for the town. Some parents believe more research needs to be done in order to make sure that the right type of school is created. Sevenoaks ACE (Action for Community Education) describe themselves as the "new parent group which wants the best solution for all Sevenoaks children". Amanda Manuel, who has children at Sevenoaks Primary School, said:...

• Action group calls for consultation over places

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  By Sevenoaks Chronicle at 08:00 on 22/12/11

  

  A SEVENOAKS group of parents is campaigning for more consultation on what type of secondary school Sevenoaks needs. Mum Amanda Manuel, who leads the group Sevenoaks Action for Community Education, said she was aware of the online petition on Kent County Council's website to establish a grammar school in the town. She said welcomed any effort to reduce competition for secondary places. But she added: "We do however also believe...

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