ePetition - Keep PCC Academy Free

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Keep PCC Academy Free

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to Proud of Portslade We, the undersigned, are proud of our community and our college. We strongly believe that the new Principle has reawakened our community spirit and passionately oppose the plan to turn our college into an academy. We celebrate the diversity within our community and wish every member of that community to have the opportunity to grow and flourish. We do not believe that this can happen under the flag of entrepreneurship. Although our college has suffered, it is now moving forwards under a strong leader who, we believe, should be given the opportunity to prove that which we can see is happening.

This petition opposes the policy of Brighton & Hove Council to turn Portslade Community College into an Academy, outside of local community control.

This e-petition will be received at the Cabinet meeting on 14 October 2010.

This ePetition ran from 27/07/2010 to 01/10/2010 and has now finished.

157 people signed this ePetition.

Council response

The Cabinet Member for Children & Young People has provided the following response:
The Council is delighted that the principal has reawakened your community spirit and that the college is now moving forward under strong leadership as evidenced by the recent rise in GCSE results. The Council also wishes that every member of the community can have the opportunity to grow and flourish.

The proposal for PCC to become an academy was put forward earlier in the year and an Expression of Interest was submitted to Government in July. At this point plans for future academies were reviewed by the new government and the proposal for PCC was put on hold.

The council, as co-sponsor, and the Aldridge Foundation remain committed to their initial proposal and believe that this will bring about acceleration in pace of change at the college and a continued improvement in the achievement of high academic standards. The council also believes that this change will help achieve the aspirations you have highlighted even more quickly.

Discussions continue with government and we anticipate a decision being taken regarding the proposal for PCC to become an academy towards the end of the year.

Should the proposal go ahead and following recent successes at the college it is sincerely hoped that the college principal will apply for the post of principal of the new academy.

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