Memorandum submitted by Tom Dixon and
Journey Roberts pupils at Summerhill School
We are writing about the statement made by David
Bell regarding the court case brought against the results of the
Summerhill School 1999 inspection in March 2000. He claimed that
Ofsted had not lost and fails to mention that the settlement was
made completely on Summerhill's terms after we had agreed to comply
to the basic health and safety issues, and hired a suitable class
2 teacher, which we had agreed to from the beginning.
As students at Summerhill School we are dismayed
and insulted by this misleading Ofsted report. As Chris Woodhead
said, "Feel free to bin your report" if you feel it
does not accurately describe your school.
We request the committee to urge Ofsted to withdraw
the 1999 Summerhill report.
17 October 2003
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