Alex Stefanovich

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[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

New (open access) piece: “Topslicing”: the great under-reported controversy of the academies policy.
Published here:
https://t.co/0jgxO9Vmnj here:
https://t.co/j6zLqKHA6O

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

Seven unions - NEU, NASUWT, UNISON, Unite, GMB, Assocition of Education Psychologists and Community - issue statement warning that gov plans for every school to join an academy trust "will reinforce and exacerbate fragmentation of schools and divert money away from pupils."

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@warwickmansell Have experienced an Ofsted inspection in 2025 confirming 'outstanding' rating whilst parents filling out surveys saying "many issues & getting worse". None seem to have been taken into account. Leaves questions of the value of inspection & rating overall.

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

9/9 @LizaBegum_ @educationgovuk @Ofstednews @CityWestminster @SchoolsWeek @tes @BBCLondonNews @LBC @guardian @SelinaShort @educationgovuk @warwickmansell

#SEND #SchoolExclusions #Safeguarding #AcademyTrusts #Westminster #ParentVoice

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

8/9 @LizaBegum_ has been pushing for answers and accountability from the Trust here:

https://t.co/pc79mWH9oS

Parents want @pimlicoprimary to succeed.

But confidence cannot be rebuilt through denial, silence or process.

It starts with listening.

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

7/9 You can read more about the Pimlico Primary situation here, reported by @warwickmansell for Education Uncovered:

https://t.co/bdUiJoCweJ

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

6/9 Parents are not asking for special treatment.

We are asking to be heard and our children to be loved & treasured.

We want the Trust to engage with the substance of what families are saying, not keep sending us back into processes that many parents already feel have failed.

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

5/9 @futureacademies operates state-funded schools.

Its #CEO Lawrence Foley was reportedly paid £175k to £180k in 2023-24, according to Education Uncovered.

With public funding should come public accountability.

https://t.co/K7Xvjq07iC

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

4/9 I’m a parent at this school.

I don’t want to be writing posts like this.

I want my children to go to school feeling safe, supported and excited to learn AGAIN.

That should not be controversial or too much to ask.

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

3/9 @LizaBegum_ has now set out what parents are asking for:

+A genuinely independent review
+Transparency on data
+Proper SEND support
+Review of punitive sanctions
+Restored parent communication
+Parent voice in governance
+A child-centred school culture

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

2/9 This is not 1 parent, 1 child, or 1 complaint.

Parents have raised repeated issues around:
- SEND support
- sanctions and suspensions
- safeguarding
- parent bans
- restricted communication
- low academic standards
- school culture
#SEND #Safeguarding #Westminster

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

1/9 Future Academies Trust replied to Cllr Begum about concerns at Pimlico Primary.

It points parents to the formal complaints process & says the Trust doesn't recognise the characterisation of the school in her letter.

But families have been raising these issues for months.

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@Ofstednews

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

A 5 year-old autistic child suspended 30 times in 5 months at a school in #Westminster.

Parents say:
- #SEND kids punished more.
- Racism not handled.
- Speaking up gets you shut out.

Why primary school prioritises control over care? @warwickmansell

https://t.co/bdUiJoCweJ

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@LizaBegum_ @RNBlake @westminstertory @ianvisits @educationgovuk @BBCNews @CityWestminster

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@LizaBegum_ An article by @warwickmansell of Education Uncovered was just published highlighting the problems raised by the parents at Pimlico Primary with support by @LizaBegum_ m. Heartbreaking experiences reported for both the children and their families https://t.co/bdUiJoCweJ

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@Lisa_SEND @CityWestminster @LizaBegum_ @RNBlake @warwickmansell has just published an artile highlighting the situation at Pimlico Primary https://t.co/bdUiJoCweJ

[Alex Stefanovich @Stepashechka]

@LizaBegum_ @RNBlake