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annual celebration eve­ ning, Mi* Anthony McNa­


crack some relatively small nuts.” Speaking at the school’s


mara spelled out the huge emotional and financial toll placed on a school during an inspection and asked: “Is this the best way ol’


h o ld in g schools* to account?'’ He also warned that St


Augustine’s could face fur­ ther staff cuts with the news that j£20m. was to be slashed from the Lanca­ shire education budget by central government. “The new round of cuts could be as high as 8% — the equiv­ alent of sacking five teach­ ers,” he declared. Of the OFSTED inspec­


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tion last November, he said that St Augustine’s had been described as a “thriving and successful school, where standards of achievements were high and where GCSE results were consistently above those in secondary schools generally.” He told a large number


school an overall grade for its performance. There are six of these, the most prestigious of all being grade 1. As this was the grade we were given at St Augustine’s following our inspection we can cele­ brate not only the indiv- dual success of our stu­ dents but also a splendid result achieved collec­ tively by all of us in our school community.” Mr McNamara turned to


of recent leavers and their parents that the school’s GCSE results were also higher than the Lanca­ shire average. He went on: “However


glowing our reports may have been and however


courteous and decent the inspectors, we still felt like squashed hedgehogs when the juggernaut, which had been trundling its way towards us for months, finally swept over us and disappeared. “It has taken us a long


.sionai credibility with our own staff, we wonder if this really is the best way of holding schools to account — as indeed they should be. “The inspection cost the


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time to recover. Although we were fortunate in hav­ ing a highly professional, effective and approachable registered inspector, who led a team composed, for wh the most part, of people


AFTER the celebration evening for school leavers on Thursday, there was another prize-giving at St Augustine’s RC High School on Friday morning for the rest of the


school_and our photo call shows successful pupils from among existing pupils. (CAT 4287)


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the financial problems fac­ ing Lancashire schools and said the likelihood was that St Augustine’s would have to depend more and more on parents to "bail us out.” He continued: “This is


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especially so with the news that £20m.is soon to be cut by central govern­ ment from the education budget for Lancashire and re-directed to other parts of the country, mainly the south east. “The chief education


equivalent of providing every pupil in this school with a complete set of brand new textbooks for every subje ct, ironic really, when one subject inspector criticised us for our inadequate teaching resources. It left many of us feeling emotionally d r a in e d , p h y s ic a l ly exhausted and in some cases even ill, which can­ not have done our pupils any favours. “We hear all the time


is hard to take, when each year those same politicians take books and teachers away from children, because that is what hap­ pens when school budgets are cut. “Although OFSTED


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officer has written to all Lancashire schools warn­ ing us that the new round of cuts could be as high as S%. In our case this would be the equivalent of sack­ ing five teachers. “Listening to political


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described the way St Augustine’s manages its finances as excellent, we are now like so many other Lancashire schools, with­ out any reserves and about to go deej) into the red. It cannot, for shame, continue like this. But it is up to parents to make this clear to politicians, as the voice of teachers counts for very little.” The event was held as


from colleagues in other schools, particularly tit primary level, that this is a widespread reaction to what has become a very la rg e and expens ive sledgehammer being used to crack some relatively small nuts.” He said that OFSTED


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an awards evening for recent leavers and to cele­ brate their achievements, after five years in school, and to wish them happi­ ness and success as they start a new stage in their lives. Prizes and certificates


researchers had found that nationally Roman Catholic high schools, as a group, out-performed all other


ing for us is their evidence that, within this already highly successful Catholic sector, the diocese with the best OFSTED ratings for its secondary schools is our own here in Salford.


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were presented by Sister Assunta Kirwan, a Domin­ ican nun and former head­ teacher. She is a lecturer in Greek and Hebrew at Oxford and prioress gen­


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Valley and her consort, Coun Eileen Lowe, and husband Raymond, were also among the guests.


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3URGLARS used a crow- jar to force open the door )f a car in Clitheroe. They itole £200 in cash and terns valued at £780. A grey Daihatsu four-


Arms Hotel, had its near, Yont-side door forced


rack vehicle, parked in he car park of the Starkie


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TWO thefts from hand­ bags at Sunday’s Clitheroe Auction Mart car boot sale were reported to the


stole.a wallet, a cheque book and some money, with a total value of £32, from a handbag. The theft occurred at 11-30 a.m. In the other incident,


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five minutes earlier, items valued at £53 in total were stolen from a handbag. A purse from this incident was later found on Booth’s car park.________


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BURGLARS cut a padlock on a garage door in Clith- croe to help them steal an lS-speed mountain bike. The black bike, which has Marin wheels and tyres, is valued at £80 and it was stolen from the garage in Highfield Road between 7 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. on Sunday.


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A STOREHOLDEIi at Clitheroe Auction Mart car boot sale was dis­ tracted while a thief stole his gold watch. The theft occurred between 8 and 10 a.m. on Sunday. The watch, which is valued at £300, is a gentleman’s Rotary watch with a black leather strap.


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