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You know what we've got a council that is trying move this town forwards yet we've a population of miserable :censored: there's a lot to celebrate in this town - new college, new sports centres, an expanded hospital in both oncology and antenatal care, a new cinema with new restaurants and family friendly plaza, the metro link extension has seen businesses want to invest in our town instead we want to whinge 'look what the council did to the market etc...' If we'd have used and supported the market instead of spending our money elsewhere then maybe like bury we'd have an outdoor market to be proud of but as a historian Oldham has always been about its indoor market and that is thriving and today I was proud to be part of a bit of oldhams history by patronising the new stand lets stop whinging get behind your town and let's move it forward together......

 

It's easy to knock our town but we're no different from many an ex industrial power house be proud of your roots and let's stop being so :censored:ing miserable!!!!!

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You know what we've got a council that is trying move this town forwards yet we've a population of miserable :censored: there's a lot to celebrate in this town - new college, new sports centres, an expanded hospital in both oncology and antenatal care, a new cinema with new restaurants and family friendly plaza, the metro link extension has seen businesses want to invest in our town instead we want to whinge 'look what the council did to the market etc...' If we'd have used and supported the market instead of spending our money elsewhere then maybe like bury we'd have an outdoor market to be proud of but as a historian Oldham has always been about its indoor market and that is thriving and today I was proud to be part of a bit of oldhams history by patronising the new stand lets stop whinging get behind your town and let's move it forward together......

 

It's easy to knock our town but we're no different from many an ex industrial power house be proud of your roots and let's stop being so :censored:ing miserable!!!!!

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You know what we've got a council that is trying move this town forwards yet we've a population of miserable :censored: there's a lot to celebrate in this town - new college, new sports centres, an expanded hospital in both oncology and antenatal care, a new cinema with new restaurants and family friendly plaza, the metro link extension has seen businesses want to invest in our town instead we want to whinge 'look what the council did to the market etc...' If we'd have used and supported the market instead of spending our money elsewhere then maybe like bury we'd have an outdoor market to be proud of but as a historian Oldham has always been about its indoor market and that is thriving and today I was proud to be part of a bit of oldhams history by patronising the new stand lets stop whinging get behind your town and let's move it forward together......

It's easy to knock our town but we're no different from many an ex industrial power house be proud of your roots and let's stop being so :censored:ing miserable!!!!!

 

Our roots? Discuss

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Actually I am chuffing disgusted what we have done to Tommyfield market

 

Friday lunchtime there is only 2/3 stalls max.

 

And if we are talking about the new college as in Oldham college, took itself from a grade 1 Ofstead Beacon status college to Ofstead grade 3 adequate this year in under 7yrs, but yes we have some nice coloured buildings now.

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Grade 3 adequate ? What underdog means is grade 3 " requires improvement? .".... Or grade 4 inadequate?

Ps Mind you Ofsted grades reflect agendas not provision?

Oohphs yes my error..yes it's a grade 3 requires improvement but a high grade 3 apparently, ofstead set to return in 12 months under the current guidelines.

 

And the new Royton sports centre is nice....Oldham to be open quite soon too

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Ofsted have new agendas Tracy - there's few establishments in Oldham that improved under the coalition and Tory rule... In terms of secondary provision tell them all they're :censored: and force academisation... This weeks announcing of the grammar school annex sees the way forward back to a two (three) tier system

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Ofsted have new agendas Tracy - there's few establishments in Oldham that improved under the coalition and Tory rule... In terms of secondary provision tell them all they're :censored: and force academisation... This weeks announcing of the grammar school annex sees the way forward back to a two (three) tier system

 

And steaming within school doesn't ?

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Ofsted have new agendas Tracy - there's few establishments in Oldham that improved under the coalition and Tory rule... In terms of secondary provision tell them all they're :censored: and force academisation... This weeks announcing of the grammar school annex sees the way forward back to a two (three) tier system

Actually Prozac, I agree with their assessment. Too many yearly restructures and waiting for the new builds to happen split the college over three sites during this time. Didn't help that the strategic plan approved by the board of governors in 2011 wanted us to be an international college first, national second, regional third and to work locally last. Now back under one campus and dropped the international crap, it should bounce back up the Ofstead ratings.

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Actually Prozac, I agree with their assessment. Too many yearly restructures and waiting for the new builds to happen split the college over three sites during this time. Didn't help that the strategic plan approved by the board of governors in 2011 wanted us to be an international college first, national second, regional third and to work locally last. Now back under one campus and dropped the international crap, it should bounce back up the Ofstead ratings.

 

Shouldn't have appointed a principal whose only interest was building schools for the future..... Perhaps somebody who had been in a classroom would have made more sense?

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Shouldn't have appointed a principal whose only interest was building schools for the future..... Perhaps somebody who had been in a classroom would have made more sense?

Ohhhhh.....boy I'd best let sleeping dogs lie on this one. Heheh.....don't know if I can fired for comments on a social media site...

 

Where's my lawyer?

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Having had my first real experience of Ofsted this summer Tracy I hold them in nothing but contempt... They're clueless and following their own agenda and are so removed from the reality of the classroom....

Head nail the hit right on .... Rearrange

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