Key Omissions
On Monday 6th November 2006 at 7:25am, Ofsted was copied into a written e-mail complaint about Moseley School's appalling results - a mere 15% of pupils passed five GCSE subjects including English and Maths at grade A*-C.
Later in the day at 3:14pm, Ofsted responded:
Thank you for your email.
I have forwarded your email to our Midlands Education Division, for information only, as I am unsure how you wish Ofsted to respond.
Please contact us again if your email requires a further response.
An hour later at 4:34pm, Ofsted's Midlands Helpline and Complaints Team responded:
Thank you for your email.
Ofsted cannot comment on these exam results, as that is not within our remit as an organisation. However, I am glad that you found the report from the last inspection of the school useful.
I regret to inform you that Ofsted has no legal power to investigate individual concerns about schools or pupils. Ofsted's primary function in relation to schools is to arrange for them to be inspected at set intervals. The purpose of inspection is to identify a school's strengths and weaknesses, so that it may improve the quality of
education provided and the attainment of its pupils. Inspections are currently carried out on a three-year cycle, and, although there are circumstances when they might take place outside this cycle (for example, where a school is found to require special measures), Ofsted cannot normally initiate an inspection in response to concerns raised by members of the public. Moseley School was last inspected in November 2004. To fulfil the cycle, the next inspection would take place before July 2008.
Why is this important?
This must be significant for cherry pickers, Ian Kershaw, Eversheds and Peter Clarke to conveniently ignore this legitimate and open complaint to Ofsted to intervene in a large secondary school that had been failings its pupils for decades. Instead they focus on alleged events at Moseley School from 2007 onwards to give a completely misleading picture.
Cherry-pickers Ian Kershaw, Eversheds and Peter Clarke also neglect to mention some other significant events that took place in relation to Moseley School and / or as a result of Moseley School's exceptionally poor 2006 GCSE results. For example:
- When David Cameron visited Balsall Heath in May 2007, concerned parents of pupils at Moseley School discussed poor educational standards in the local community and specifically mentioned Moseley School's disastrous results. Guess what advice David Cameron gave? To find out, Khalid Mahmood MP should ask David Cameron: 'What should a Governing Body do if school results are as low as 15%?' James Brown and other members of the all-male Moseleians Association Brotherhood (MAB) would not like the answer.
- A public meeting was organised by Birmingham Community Empowerment Network in Digbeth, Birmingham in August 2007. This event was attended by approximately 70 concerned parents from all over the city to voice their frustration at low academic standards in Birmingham. The then Chair of Children and Education Committee, Cllr Jon Hunt also attended this public meeting.
- A meeting was organised on 28th January 2008 at 4pm between four community leaders including a parent governor from Moseley School and Tony Howell, Jackie Hughes - the then Head of School Effectiveness as well as Nargis Rashid.
Thank you for your email confirming that members of Birmingham Community Empowerment Network will attend a meeting on 28th January 2008 at 4.00 p.m. with myself and my colleagues Sylvia McNamara, Jackie Hughes and Nargis Rashid.
The meeting will take place here in the Council House Extension, Margaret Street, in Room 190 (1st floor). If you report your arrival to Reception you will be escorted up to the meeting room. I look forward to seeing colleagues (if you can let me know who will be coming prior to the meeting that would be helpful) on the 28th.
Regards
Tony
Cherry-pickers Ian Kershaw, Evershed and Peter Clarke did not interview former Moseley School governors and decided to omit these significant events in order to portray Moseley School governors in an unfavourable and sinister light and give credence to the original Trojan Hoax letter. These cherry-pickers were selective in the evidence they reported choosing to ignore vital evidence that did not fit the narrative in the Trojan Hoax letter.
Ian Kershaw keeps repeating: We were told...
Yes, you were told a pack of lies by people of mediocre abilities who were caught red-handed failing and discriminating againstour children on an industrial scale. Their lies were recorded as facts without taking evidence under oath, cross examination or checking with the accused. This kind of thing only happens in a Banana Republic
Without a shadow of doubt, the Trojan Hoax investigations were shoddy and flawed with a predetermined outcome. What a shame cash-strapped Birmingham City Council has paid Cowboy Ian Kershaw £500,000 for such a shoddy and flawed investigation that would not stand up to judicial scrutiny.