Category: Updates
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Forum leadership update – 10.04.2024

Our chair, Deb McNeill, has stepped down due to other commitments. We’re delighted to announce however that St Ivo Parents Forum has a new chair who is taking up the reins and will be looking after the Forum going forward. Taking the post of chair is our former vice-chair, Ed Goodman. Ed moved to St…
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Forum leadership update – 19.01.2024

Our chair, Dr Michelle Canning, has stepped down due to other commitments. We’re delighted to announce however that St Ivo Parents Forum has a new chair and vice chair who are taking up the reins and will be looking after the Forum going forward. Taking the post of chair is our former vice-chair, Deborah McNeill.…
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NASUWT Letter to Parents – 05.11.2023

Thank you all for your continued and very valued support. This is a joint battle for the future success of St Ivo School and both the staff and students will benefit if we succeed in persuading Astrea to soften their approach and make it more suitable for your school…
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Coverage of Teacher Strikes – 31.10.2023 [UPDATED – 01.11 2pm]
![Coverage of Teacher Strikes – 31.10.2023 [UPDATED – 01.11 2pm]](https://stivoparentsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/b51f24b8-33ec-4fc8-8efb1e206b3c596b.jpg?w=1024)
The teacher strikes that are happening at St Ivo have received quite a lot of media coverage. The official statement from NASUWT can be found here: https://www.nasuwt.org.uk/article-listing/members-cambridgeshire-strike-behaviour-management.html Other media coverage…
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Forum leadership update – 16.08.2023

Our chair, Dr Yasmin Finch, and our vice chair, Ed Goodman, reluctantly had to step down this summer. Ed has family illness that he is needing to focus on and Yasmin’s work situation is changing with her taking on more hours. We’re delighted to announce however that St Ivo Parents Forum has a new chair…
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Meeting with local MP – 14.04.2023

St Ivo Parents Forum met with MP Jonathan Djanogly on 14th April at Shire Hall in Huntingdon. We took a group of parents and 3 students to share our concerns about Astrea Academy Trust policies. Jonathan listened carefully and has said he will help us in our campaign. He tweeted about the meeting saying, “It…
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Big Forum Meeting – 16.04.2023

We’d like to invite you to come and hear more about what the Parent Forum’s doing and why we’re doing it. We’d also like to hear from you about what you think we should tackle and any thoughts or ideas about how to support our children at St Ivo. The meeting will be at Slepe Hall…
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Government Petition – 30.03.2023

So, in the course of this whole Parent Forum journey we’ve become aware that behind the strict policies we’re seeing Astrea bring into St Ivo is a Government initiative called Behaviour Hub that roles out this kind of thing around the country. We’ve worked really hard to create a petition that can go straight to…
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Membership update – 07.03.2023

We’re excited to let you know that as of lunch time today we now have 403 members of the Parents Forum and over 850 in the Facebook group! We’re often asked, “I’m in the Facebook Group, so does this make me a member of the forum?” In short, the answer is no. The Parents Forum…
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Information stall outside Waitrose – 04.03.2023

Would you like a little more information about our group and how you can support us to affect positive changes for all the pupils and staff at St Ivo? Parent power has been totally eroded in the last couple of years and it’s time to take it back to help free our children from the…