Rutland County College, Oakham, Sainsbury's, Start Site Demolition, Photos & Video

Rutland County College, Oakham, Sainsbury's, Start Site Demolition, Photos & Video

Helium filled balloons fail to fly away, Small Business Saturday, Oakham, Rutland County College

Helium filled balloons fail to fly away, Small Business Saturday, Oakham, Rutland County College

Small Business Saturday, Oakham Rutland, Federation Of Small Business, Rutland County College Photographs

Small Business Saturday, Oakham Rutland, Federation Of Small Business, Rutland County College Photographs


Rutland County College students were out and about in Oakham today Small Business Saturday
doing there bit for local business.

Assisted by Rutland County Councils Leader Roger Begy.

Rutland County College, Photographs, Oakham, Rutland

Rutland County College, Photographs, Oakham, Rutland



AS Chemistry for AQA John Atkinson and Carol Hibbert






Darts



Tandberg Educational



Old Photos



A fence was erected half of it has been stolen



GCE



Rutland County College






Co-op White Delight Fairttrade, film and coffee beans







I think this might be the cause of a recent power cut the main cables
to the old college were dug up and cut by the metal collectors.






ITT Cassette Recorder



Keys



Big Keyboard and sinks

Rutland County College, says Harrington Free School Prospectus, Dishonest, Doubts Trustworthiness of Institutions Catmose College, Oakham School, Uppingham Community College

This evening I attended the Special People (Children) Scrutiny Panel at Rutland County Council.

The meeting was held to consider if Rutland County Council would be making comment to Department
of Education regarding the Catmose College and Uppingham Communtiy College proposal for a free
school (Harrington) which has the full support of Oakham School.

I held my protest before the start of the meeting.



The Catmos College Principle Stuart Williams above with others including a Trustee of Oakham School
gave a proffesional presention and would not be drawn into the very public post 16 dispute we all know is
going on. Of course all created by the Tory Trash at Ruland County Council.

Although I am sure Stuart Williams out of public veiw is a bit of a sly old bugger otherwise he would
not be doing the job he does I am told so well.

Sadly for Rutland County College once again they have shown there desperation. Saying Catmose College were lying and were not impartial when it comes to giving students 16+ advice and they mentioned they
were not invited to the school assemblies. After their presentation they handed out 3 documents to Councillors and public, (public mainly school and college governors)

the documents shown below state the prospectus is dishonest and factually incaccurate, wholly misleading and they go on and on finsihing with largely a work of fiction.

They also say Serious doubts must be raised about the trustworthiness of an instititution that lends its name to such a document.

I find it hard to believe Rutland County College is a proffessional organisation producing stuff like this.

Rutland County College run by Casterston College admitted they run both colleges on two budgets and
are not ready to merge the two as orignally planned.

They fear the approval of a Free School here in Rutland and another in Stamford suggesting Rutland  County College would not be viable.

They pointed out the roll has increased and they only had three months to get the college open after Tresham pulled the plug on Rutland College here in Oakham. It looks to me as if they should have not attempted to gain political favour from Rutland County Council by coming to the rescue of the Tory council which was failing its students and parents. I am sure the council would have fallen if back in that gloomy September there was no 16+ eduction here in Rutland. The management of Rutland County College does have council employees on their managment board, that wont safeguard their college. Rutland Tories spend a life time
stabbing each other in the back that's why we have such a backward council led by thugs liars and bullies like Helen Briggs.

Harrington College has in my view played a trump card by winning the support of Oakham School a good percentage of those sitting on the scrutiny panel attended the school and many still have connections as old oakhamians.



The lady from Rutland County College made a number of errors
she said students would all leave the country, I think she meant
County.

She also was critical of the Harrington proposed selection process
stating Rutland County College were all inclusive and did not
discrimninate (of course accept when giving out awards paid for by
myself and other Oakham tax payers)



The last message displayed from Rutland County College is stupid, Rutland County
Council will have no say in the running or financial side of the Free School, so there
would be no reason for Rutland  County Council to withdraw funding. I am sure
they would if the College ended up with no students.

Harrington state they are not in competition just filling a needed gap.

It will be interesting to see how this develops lets hope the fight does not cost any young
persons future.

I could only stay for two hours so I dont yet know if Rutland County Council is to send any comment to the DFE.

I met a parent in Tesco who told me they had received information from Harrington and they did not see any difference between their proposals and Rutland  County Colleges adding it caused them more confusion.

Documents handed out by Rutland County College.

Old Rutland County College, Oakham, Rutland, Photographs

Rutland County College, Oakham, Rutland, Photographs



The site for a new Sainsbury's. The College site paid for by the tax payer, sold to Tresham Institute
for peanuts and sold by them for small fortune, that's the Conservative way of looking after public assets.

Since closure the building has been trashed, every copper pipe and cable has been taken. Today I noticed
many of the CCTV cameras have also disappeared.



There used to be a interesting curved stone bench here
I wonder who's garden that now rests.





















Even the flap and surround of the post box has gone.

Rutland County College, Newish Building, Willmott Dixon have made a ugly old building look moderately attractive Photographs

Rutland County College has finally moved, into it's newly refurbished premises, just outside Oakham in the small Village of Barleythorpe.. At one point it was thought the Conservative who would prefer to work with a certain dictator rather than Conservative Council leader Roger Begy had completely messed up the post 16 education for Rutland students. It seems all the issues were sorted and the villagers of the tiny restraint village of Rutland got a college.

I would like to say this project was a green one carried out by Willmott Dixon, but as far as I can see the only green thing about this development is the use of an old building saving on landfill. 

There is no trademark green roof and more than a ton of concrete was used to cover the ground too provide foundations for the smart new paving slabs surrounding the building. 
I assume porous surfaces only apply to residential properties?

Willmott Dixon have made a ugly old building look moderately attractive, lets hope the cladding does not fall off in a few years.

Soon villagers will be welcoming a new football club and more housing and if Conservative 
Councillor Terry King gets his way the demolition of Lord Lonsdales Home Barleythorpe Hall,
The Hall has a lot of History Henry Cecil Lowther, DL, JP (born 27 July 1790 at Lowther Castle, Westmorland; died 6 December 1867 at Barleythorpe Hall, Rutland) was an English Conservative politician and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1843. 

A brighter Leicester Station Photographs

Six million pounds later and Leicester has a brightly refurbished 

railway station. I can only imagine what the newly refurbished 

Rutland County College would have looked like  if they had managed

to spend another million pounds.

British Transport Police

All that new glass and they still leave the lights on.