(1) Critics of what the government is up to cite Roke primary in Croydon , repeatedly deemed "outstanding" but suddenly charged with being "inadequate" in 2012.
(2) She said: "The children at Roke deserve the best possible education, but any suggestion that there is a 'done deal' on a sponsor is wrong.
(3) A Harris Federation spokeswoman said the final decision on Roke would be made by Michael Gove , not them.
(4) This turned out to involve a questionnaire which only asked whether, when it became an academy, Roke should be sponsored by Harris, not if parents wanted an academy at all.
(5) Roke was targeted after Ofsted assessed it as "inadequate" in May.
(6) "We have serious concerns about standards at Roke primary.
(7) Parents and governors at Roke primary in Croydon say they face a "hostile takeover" of a consistently successful local school after a single unsatisfactory Ofsted report, one caused mainly by a computer failure, which they say meant staff were unable to provide inspectors with the correct data in time.
(8) The situation at Roke mirrors that at Downhills primary school in Haringey, north London, which Gove ordered to join the Harris chain last year, despite 94% of parents voicing opposition.
(9) Unlike Downhills, Roke has no consistent history of poor performance.
(10) A DfE spokesman said: "We have serious concerns about standards at Roke primary.
(11) A group of parents battling plans to remove Roke primary in Croydon, south London from local authority oversight have also released a transcript of a meeting in which a Department for Education "broker" told them she believed the school was failing based largely on a half-hour tour during which she thought the children looked "bored".
(12) Roke's governors told the DfE that if it had to become an academy they wanted it to be sponsored by their local secondary academy , the destination school for almost three-quarters of Roke pupils.
(13) At the same meeting some parents were angered when the "broker", a freelance contractor hired by the DfE to work with converter academies, described how she decided Roke needed help.
(14) A parent whose son attends Roke, who asked not to be named, said there had been "zero consultation".
(15) Harris is lauded as a consultant on failing schools, yet Roke is not a failing school.
(16) In May Ofsted gave Roke an "inadequate" overall assessment , with the inspectors citing a lack of data about pupil performance and poor middle management.
(17) The significance with Roke is that it has no long history of under-performance, supposedly the only reason for forced conversion .
(18) She said: "Because of our track record in the area and the exceptional primary team we have established, we are confident that we could give the staff at Roke the support they need to provide outstanding education for children at the school, which is why we agreed to become the department's preferred sponsor."
Rose
Definition:
(imp.) of Rise
() imp. of Rise.
(n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere
(n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
(n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
(n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
(n.) The erysipelas.
(n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
(n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
(n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
(v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
(v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
(2) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
(3) In the 153 women to whom iron supplements were given during pregnancy, the initial fall in haemoglobin concentration was less, was arrested by 28 weeks gestation and then rose to a level equivalent to the booking level.
(4) With glucose and protein as intraduodenal stimulus (no pancreatin added), the plasma amino acids rose significantly less (by approximately 50% of the control experiment) and the increment in insulin (but not C-peptide) concentrations was significantly reduced by loxiglumide.
(5) LH and FSH levels in the group which were given low dose progesterone only, rose consistently after BSO and these patterns were similar to those seen in the control group.
(6) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
(7) The overall incidence in patients over 50 years of age was 8.5%; it was more than twice as high in women (11.5%) as in men (4.5%) and rose sharply with age.
(8) The volume of distribution is about 600 l. In almost every subject the plasma levels rose again after this distribution phase.
(9) Circulating acute phase protein concentrations rose in all subjects during a thirty hour period following injury but none of the subjects showed a detectable rise in circulating concentrations of TNF.
(10) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
(11) In the water-loaded state, MAP rose significantly at the lowest rate of infusion in both pregnant and non-pregnant ewes.
(12) Blood pressure rose and heart rate fell in proportion to the dose of noradrenaline infused.
(13) In normovolemia, the hepatic arterial flow (HAF) increased as the systemic arterial pressure (SAP) rose up to 140 mmHg, and then decreased as SAP rose further.
(14) Testosterone was low until 68 weeks after which concentrations rose slowly to 80 weeks and increased rapidly to a plateau at 92 weeks.
(15) The dispute is rooted in the recent erosion of many of the freedoms Egyptians won when they rose up against Mubarak in a stunning, 18-day uprising.
(16) The percentages of bacteria phagocytized and intracellularly killed by macrophages rose to 60-80% and 85-95% respectively when the doubling time was longer, showing that S. mutans is particularly sensitive to nonspecific immune defence mechanisms when cultured under conditions similar to those of its natural ecosystem.
(17) The stiffness of the fibre first rose abruptly in response to stretch and then started to decrease linearly while the stretch went on; after the completion of stretch the stiffness decreased towards a steady value which was equal to that during the isometric tetanus at the same sarcomere length, indicating that the enhancement of isometric force is associated with decreased stiffness.
(18) After effective treatment the level fell and rose again 10 months prior to the conventional clinical diagnosis of relapse.
(19) The concentration of androstenedione and testosterone rose rapidly; reaching a peak after 10 minutes and returning to near baseline level by 30 minutes.
(20) Last week the labor bureau reported that the US added just 69,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%, the first rise in nine months.