Getty PicturesGreater than 300 folks of present and previous pupils taught via a multi-academy consider in east London have defended it following allegations of a “poisonous tradition”.
In a letter to the Observer newspaper, which first reported the allegations in November, the fogeys mentioned the 2 Mossbourne Federation secondary faculties in Hackney trade the “trajectory of younger other people’s lives for the easier”.
The federation runs the Mossbourne Neighborhood Academy (MCA) and Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) – the latter is going through an independently-led overview into the allegations.
The consider prior to now instructed BBC Information the allegations have been a part of a “vexatious marketing campaign” and it introduced a protected studying atmosphere.
Previous this month, former pupils, folks and group described an atmosphere the place concern and intimidation have been used to put in force a strict “no-excuses” technique to self-discipline to reach robust educational effects.
Amongst different claims, former pupils instructed BBC Information that lecturers would shout at and publicly humiliate pupils for minor infractions.
They alleged it affected psychological wellbeing and impacted the ones with particular instructional wishes and disabilities (SEND) disproportionately.
A marketing campaign workforce known as Teaching Hackney, made up of oldsters and native councillors, compiled a listing of greater than 150 accounts from present and previous pupils, folks and ex-staff detailing destructive stories on the faculties.
The federation prior to now instructed BBC Information: “We’re assured that the intensive exterior scrutiny, robust educational results, and top attendance charges show the truth of our thriving and inclusive faculties.”
Within the Observer letter, the fogeys mentioned that whilst “there’s room for development in some spaces, the majority of the youngsters are neatly adjusted, glad and neatly cared for”.
They mentioned the accounts being reported within the media “don’t constitute the spectrum of stories and reviews of oldsters, scholars and lecturers”.
“To offer only one instance, the Division for Schooling (DfE) has (we perceive from the varsity) already investigated a sequence of allegations and located no proof to reinforce the worries about safeguarding practices,” they wrote.
The letter additionally states that each MCA and MVPA rank extremely on educational performances for youngsters from deprived backgrounds whilst SEND scholars do “exceptionally neatly”.
‘No college is absolute best’
“They’re a hit faculties with sensible and dedicated lecturers,” the letter persisted.
“Their ethos of offering a degree taking part in box for all kids from all backgrounds is commendable.”
“Whilst the principles will also be strict and company, and there’s room for development in some spaces, the majority of the youngsters are neatly adjusted, glad and neatly cared for.”
The overview, ordered via the Town and Hackney Safeguarding Kids Partnership, will purpose to “resolve if the worries will also be substantiated” into the claims in opposition to MVPA.
The letter signatories mentioned that “no college is absolute best” and welcomed the chance offered with the overview to signify and reinforce some adjustments.
Mossbourne Federation has been contacted for remark.
