IT'S A DEFINITE YES!! :-)

Lord Hill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education,
sent official confirmation that IES Breckland can progress
to the pre-opening phase and open September 2012.

ADMISSIONS

Calling all parents of children in year 6, 7 & 8
PLEASE apply for your child’s place for SEPT 2012 at IES Breckland NOW!

Application Procedure Formalities:

Letters along with an Application Form will be sent out by Suffolk County Council to all parents who have previously expressed an interest in the FREE school –

However, don’t delay – APPLY TODAY!!!!!!

Don’t miss out on a placement for your child.

Please use the correct Application Form –

SUFFOLK APPLICATION FORM:

• To Download a copy of the Suffolk Application Form - Click Here

NORFOLK APPLICATION FORM:

• To Download a copy of the Norfolk Application Form - Click Here

Also available from any of the SABRES team.

• Complete the Form fully with IES Breckland as your preferred choice and sign.
• Return to either Breckland Middle School in the drop box
• OR post to/drop in letterbox of: 7 Woodlands Rise, Brandon, Suffolk, IP27 0NU.

CLOSING DATE FOR RETURN OF ALL APPLICATIONS IS MONDAY 30^TH JANUARY 2012

Confirmation of placement letters will be sent to all parents after 1st March 2012.

Once all 100 places per year group are filled all further Applications will be dealt with according to our Admissions Policy. You can Click Here to open a copy of our Admissions Policy Document.

Please feel free to contact us using this email address, especially concerning Applications This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will answer as quickly as possible.

We look forward to welcoming your child/children in September 2012 to IES Breckland.

OUR VISION

Our Vision is to open an outstanding 11-16 Free School in Brandon which is forward thinking but retains traditional values.

In February the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, the Secretary of State for Education, accepted our Stage 2 Application and we are now moving on to the next stage in our bid to open a forward thinking Free School in Brandon

We want simple things, like politeness, to be second-nature to our students. We want the whole school community to have team spirit, loyalty, pride, equality and respect for property, building on the legacy of Breckland Middle School. We want our students to have respect for themselves and others – a multi-cultural, diverse and all-inclusive community.

Our aim is to encourage students to achieve the highest grades they possibly can with staff mentors and home support encouraging them to achieve their dreams. Each individual student will have personally tailored goals across a broad curriculum, with extensive extra-curricular activities enhancing their personal and social development.

We will expect high standards of behaviour. Pastoral intervention would focus on students’ individual personal issues, but a clear non-discriminatory behaviour policy with definitive criteria would provide stability for all students.

We have been working hard on the EU process of procuring an Education Provider – a complex and time consuming process – which we expect to have signed and sealed by early January 2012.

Once accepted we intend to move forward with our vision to open an outstanding 11-16 Free School in Brandon.

SABRES’ Background

In December 2009, the Schools' Adjudicator decided that Breckland Middle School was definitely to close July 2012, with no hope of reprieve. Since then, SABRES (Save Breckland School) and the wider community have worked incredibly hard on a proposal to change the current site into an 11-16 Free School.

SABRES have no secrets and our aim is to keep everyone up-to-date with developments. To find out more please explore this website, our Twitter account, and our Facebook Group or contact us directly if you wish to ask any questions.

Brandon Life are kindly printing our articles and the Bury Free Press and Eastern Daily Press are publishing regular updates to keep everyone informed.