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Q What is the name of the Richmond Park Academy trustOur academy trust is called the Academies. Enterprise Trust AET, who sponsor schools primary, secondary and special throughout England, including five secondary schools in London. Q What are the advantages of academies Funding Academies are independent of local. This means that more funding goes directly to the. Academies are still entitled to. Standards Much of the Academy focus goes towards. This is achieved through increased expertise, more. Expertise and development of outstanding practice. The AET, as a large sponsor, has a huge repertoire of. The AET officers are experts. Networks Being an academy gives a school a wider. Schools working together is one way of. Q Some Academies have no union representation what is the AET position on unions The AET recognises the following trade unions for individual and collective representation, consultation and negotiation purposes. In Essex the AET has a formal agreement with them the teacher unions ACSL, ATL, NASUWT and NUT and the unions representing support and other professional school staff GMB, UNISON and Unite. Q What about the funding Funding is certainly a crucial part of the process. Academies are funded at the same rate as other state schools. However, there are a number of economies of scale that the sponsors can take advantage of in functions previously delivered by other organisations, such as finance, human resources, facilities management and teacher training This releases additional money which is passed on to the Academy. Q If it all goes wrong, who will be held accountable It is the Academies Enterprise Trust, the operational division of the sponsor, Greensward Charitable Trust, who will be held responsible to the Department for Education Df. E. In the past, if schools were failing it was the responsibility of the Local Authority to step in and take action. Day to day responsibility for the Academy will, however, remain with the Regional Director and Headteacher. The London Tourism Guide. Englands capital cityWhen a man is tired of London he. London all. that life can afford Samuel Johnson, 1. Although London has all you could ever need, its. Network Southeast Card. Ask for a cheap day return. Over 6. 0s also. get reduced travel throughout Britain not just the. Southeast region with a Senior railcard which may be. Bus services are also. Hiring a car is a viable proposition but parking can. A Z page. for details. Currently we recommend Streetcar. That. said following years of cuts in the railway service. New for 2. 00. 3 is the possibility of day trips eg. Canterbury, Salisbury, Bath by Steam Train. They run just as fast as electric. The English Heritage website is a. Top easy daytrips outside of London. Hampton. Court magnificent palace built. Henry VIII onwards. Given to the public by Queen Victoria it boasts a. The palace is less than 5 minutes from. Hampton Court station, which is 3. Waterloo. You can take a boat trip there takes about. Worth half a day. Picnic in nearby Bushey. Park. Website. 2 The Daytrip. Weve worked out what we think is the ultimate. The dreaming spires of Oxford, standing. Stonehenge and Avebury, the gothic. Salisbury, beautiful thatched villages. Upavon, amazing countryside where Druids still. If you have one day to get out of. London this is it. To see whats in store click HERE. For. a good two day trip with overnight see here   3 Cambridge. Simply stunning old university town with 3. Oxford. may be slightly older, but with the river running. The Backs and the market town ambiance. Cambridge is a better bet not just because our. You certainly wouldnt want to. Oxford anyway and a host besides. Its also an ideal way to experience tradition and. About one hour by. Worth a whole day though you could fit it. Some colleges make a small admission charge. More details Also features. Norfolk overnighter. Brighton. Georgian seaside town, famous for its meandering. Lanes a royal playground. A lively gay community. Not really the place to get a. Olde England but a better bet for. London Bridge, worth half a day. You can also. explore the White Cliffs coastline from here. The. only negative thing about Brighton is that it thinks. The. Idler guide to crap towns for that reason. Tourist Information. Windsor. Little else to do there though. If youre. into castles a day trip to Warwick easily do able. Queen. The Bards. Stratford on Avon is very close to. Warwick though Stratford itself is not very. London unless you. RSC there is no. London by public transport. Website  See also our Round the UK. UK OvernightersDirty Weekends We get asked a lot to recommend overnight or. London. These are all personal. You might even bump into us there If you. Apologies in advance if charming is overused we. Our most recent destinations are are Whitstable, Kent fishing village famed for. Victoria. Stay at The. Captains House a fishermans cottage. B B 0. 12. 27 2. The. Hotel 1. 02. Whitstable. Wootton Rivers out in Wiltshire, miles and. Avebury, Marlborough etc. Wootton Rivers. by train, stopping at West End, and then 4 miles by. Stay at the Royal Oak. This once thriving. Royal Oak is now the only place to stay, but. The ideal place for sexual dalliance. Southwold charming small town on the Suffolk. London train to Halesworth then. Crown. weve done this trip ourselves several times. Aldeburgh another charming fishing village. Southwold, with a huge intellectual and. Benjamin Britten lived and is. Peter Pears. Imogen. Holst is also buried nearby. Very active music and. Snape Maltings. Again better by car, but train to Saxmundham two. Liverpool St and taxi 6 miles. Eat at the Lighthouse. If you want to do the whole hog, see a. Snape. Maltings and dine afterwards. Stay at the White Lion. By the way a dirty weekend is a trip organised. Read this. article for more details and this. Other Trips. Greenwich Not. London, but theres plenty to see in. Go by river and come back by the Docklands. Light Railway or vice versa. The DLR runs through. Canary Wharf a futuristic development the. Should you. travel by normal overland train you are on the first. Greenwich were originally built in the 1. Deptford and Bermondsey Spa no. Landmarks here include the Cutty Sark not worth. Maritime Museum see Museums the old Naval. Academy recently restored, the splendid Painted. Hall of the Naval Academy, recently sold to a. Greenwich University. The park, and. Queens House where Queen Elizabeth spent her. Saturdays. and, better, Sundays are worth pottering around. However, in a major act of cultural vandalism, the. Queens Apartments have. Most visitors have. The old. apartments were unique and superb, the house is now. Make sure you have a drink in The Trafalgar Tavern. Cutty Sark Pub. Theres also, next to a horrid power station on the. Theres the. Rangers House at the top of the park, bordering. Blackheath a beautiful village thats a poor. Hampstead with many spectacular houses. Blackheath Park. Notable is the Paragon. BBC drama. series. Nearby is Morden College, a large set of. Oxbridge college with. Greenwich is notoriously bad for food. Chinese restaurant nearest to the DLR station. Tunbridge Wells. Area Georgian Spa town only one. London by train worth half a day no. Kent. In Tunbridge itself. Pantiles district, and spa the. King often repaired once the height of. But Tunbridge itself isnt worth more than. Might. be worth hiring a car do it in Tunbridge to avoid. London traffic jams if you want to make the most of. Tourist Information  HEVER CHIDDINGSTONE PENSHURST. A typical trip, easily accessible by train. Hever station from Charing. Cross or London Bridge, follow the Eden. Valley Walk a national public footpath to. Hever village and visit the castle. Its a. small, almost dolls house building and much. It does give the. Its. where Ann Bolyen grew up and where Henry. VIII probably conceived Elizabeth I. Kids. would love the water maze, and the extensive. From Hever Castle, through the churchyard. Bullen family are buried, theres. Chiddingstone, a beautiful Kentish village. Penshurst, a superb. Penshurst Place. The Church is also. The whole walk takes about 3 4 hours, and if. The. countryside you walk through is wonderful. The Village pub in. Hever does reasonable Ploughmans Lunches. Fir Tree. Tearooms in Penshurst. Acceptable food can. Castle Inn. see below. Return by walking 2 kms or taking a taxi or. Leigh pronounced Lye station or. Penshurst Station. The entire route is. If. you print off these maps they show you the. MAP ONE    MAP TWO. Change Ip In Windows Very Easy Crossword. MAP THREE. The Castle Inn in. Chiddingstone has a nice circular walk too. Hever which makes it easier to buy a. Edenbridge Stations on the automatic. Triple. Trip You. Kew House and Gardens, Marble Hill House. Ham House in one easy trip as they are close by. Richmond. Is a half day trip which you can easily. See our historic page for. Marble Hill and Ham Houses. Take the train from Waterloo to Richmond and change to. Kew Gardens. Visit. Back by tube to Richmond NB An Alternative plan would be to take the. Kew Bridge Station where theres a Steam. Museum, cross Kew Bridge to visit Kew Gardens, take. Syon Lane, visit Syon Park and. House with its sumptuous interiors and take the. Syon Park. across to The Old Deer Park and golf course. Head. for the Royal Observatory and thence in a straight. Richmond Village and station.