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AxeHead givescminister a Nathan back ‘viewfrom‘the coalface’


heme hits on his bike most disadvant ged’ THE axing of a £50,000


As of April 1, Maidstone Bor- ouDarrenWebb (43) said themeet- unding to Age UK Maidstone,


at Loose Primary School. as come under fire.


gh Council has stopped giving fingwith DamianHindsMPwas a which administered the Disability Travel Voucher (DTV) scheme. The scheme was aimed at resi- dentswho are too ill or disabled to make e sential jo ansport.


chance to give the minister “valu- able feedback fromthe coalface”. former comprehensivepupil


–who, asCEOofCoppice Primary Partnership, has turnedaroundthe


tarcademic fortunes of Loose and Coxheath schools – saidhe covered


ys on public axe theDTV inMarch 2017.


£50,000 to attem t a doomedHigh represent good value.


changes and the pinch points are make other arrangements, but I more needs t


her local authority, yet akes


who has arthritis and is partially sitaff,whichwill impact the educa-


made without the loss of teaching ghted, asked her son to reapply


nowbeing felt in the system. An 88-year-


ot“However, we havemade those away funds from the very peopl who are the fabric of our society.” ld Loose woman,


money being spent that did not Court judicial review against an-


o find


cuts and firstmade the decision to teacher recru tment.


MBCblames centr l government topics as diverse as finance and


ndependent borough council- lsupported the Government’s calls lforeadership managed


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or, Eddie Powell, said: “TheMBC fsor her vouchers, only to doiscover an 1,000 pupils, also spoke of a


IHe told Downs Mail: “I have savings.


named, told Downs Mail: “I am ivng and leadership opportunities frortunate in having the means to pay pack ts are th


ponsible for the educati n fmore ment to not only recognise the ef- the scheme had ended.


“There are nomore savings to be make teaching a careerwith status as a lifeline.Nowit has been taken away. It is a great, great pity.”


fseaeildformany,many otherswhodo ment in raining, alongwith better not and saw this excellent scheme nd value.


owing crisis in recruitment and the r tention of teachers.MrWebb ejected the suggestion that larger answer, but be done t


grThewoman,who askednot to be


thatwill retain good teachers.” sioHe told Mr Hinds that invest-


wo committees – Policy and Re- tion,wouldhelpinvigorate a ‘fra -


He added: “The number of ap- mented’ education system.


MBC said t had taken the deci- Nathaniel’s family. n to remove the grants after con sidering the scheme andbudgets at tleadership, direction and recogni sources, and Strategic Planning,


My feeling is that the scheme probably needed some sort of re view, butwe are seeing the loss of a valuable service to themost disad ant gedmembers of socie y.”


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tion of pupils. This is a story being repeated across the country.” The head, who is currently re-


which h lped hundreds ofMaid- of government last month, when


A HEADMASTER put hiscviews on modern teaching to the heart


stone’s most vulnerable people he hosted the education secretary


MBC contracted the service out


to Age UK Maidstone, which printed off the vouchers and ad- ministered the scheme before billing the council. Successful ap- plicants received £70 in vouchers, valid for a year, to usewith partic- ipating taxi and community trans- port organisations. Chairman ofAgeUKMaidstone BryanVizzard(pictured) said: “We did urge the borough council to think again andmade the case for keeping the scheme, but the deci- sion had already been made at committee level.


Education secretary Damian Hinds (left) with head teacher DarrenWebb


plicants we receive for te ching posts has dropped substantially.


govern-


WHEN Nathaniel Hurley (12) outgrew his tricycle wheelchair, he faced immobility – but now Maidstone has united to help him.


Nathaniel, of Lombardy Drive, Maidstone, suffers from quadri- plegic cerebral palsy and, for the last six years, has depended on his specialised tricycle for life out- side his home.


He nowneeds a larger trike, but the £4,000 cost of a replacement was unaffordable for his family. However, when the Rotary Club ofMaidstone was alerted, it led to a teameffort among fellow service clubs and a town charity. Now the two Rotary clubs of Maidstone and Maidstone River- side, Maidstone Lions and the Bennett Paine Trust


forts beingmade at schools across Maidstone the country, but to provide train-


the £1,000 up


(through


have each contributed £750 to add to


solicitors Brachers) put


by


The manufacturers agreed to supply within six weeks and the tricycle was due to be handed over to Nathaniel as DownsMail


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