| Frinton Residents' Association |
| | NOTES of a Half-Yearly Meeting held in the McGrigor Hall on |
| | 15 October 2011 | at | 10:00 AM |
| | Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, and 7 |
| | other Committee members, 5 speakers, 5 other guests including Councillors, the Press, and a Police |
| | Sergeant, together with 34 Association members and 11 non-members making a total of 67 attendees |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting, introduced the Association Officers and |
| | explained that Committee members were available at the sides of the room should anyone want |
| | to discuss issues with them after the meeting. She then reported that since the AGM, the |
| | Committee had been involved in discussions and correspondence on various issues including |
| | the proposals to close the Coastguard Station and Police Station at Walton, Government |
| | proposals for the Health Service and new Planning Regulations, Connaught Avenue and Beach |
| | Front Management. |
| | |
| | She then explained a change to the Agenda in that the presentation on Frinton in Bloom would |
| | take place at the end of the meeting. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| | Apologies had been received from Douglas Carswell MP, Councillors Terry Allen, Brian |
| | Johnson, Jonathon Gatward and Giles Watling, Rachel Fryer (TDC Town Centre Co-ordinator), |
| | Dr Gary Sweeney and Jane Harvey (previously Director of Finance NE Essex PCT), together |
| | with members Doreen & Roy Philpot, Ivan & Patsy Jacklin, Mr & Mrs Gilks, Mr & Mrs Andrews, |
| | Dr & Mrs Davies, Gail Evans and Gwen Burrows. |
| | 3 | TENDRING TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE |
| | The Chairman explained that TTC had achieved Academy status and a very successful |
| | OFSTED inspection had recently taken place. She then introduced Caroline Haynes (Principal |
| | of TTC) and Robert Allen (Vice Principal of TTC) who would be speaking about the College’s |
| | recent achievements and future plans. |
| | |
| | Caroline Haynes (CH) explained that the school currently had 1950 students on two campuses, |
| | with 11-14 year olds at Thorpe-Le-Soken and 14-19 year olds at Frinton. She said that it was an |
| | interesting school to work in and quite unique with the largest distance between sites of any |
| | other school and catering as it does, for all types of child. It is a comprehensive school and |
| | doesn’t just have children who have passed their 11+, but also those who have failed their 11+ |
| | and those who cannot read or write; this is a real concern because there are acute special |
| | needs, plus over 30 children in the care of the Local Authority currently attend TTC. She then |
| | reiterated that TTC serves the needs of every type of youngster. |
| | |
| | She said that hers was a brilliant job because of the environment that they tried to engender and |
| | added that she loved to walk around the College as the response she got from the students was |
| | fantastic. She explained that in the past the Head Teacher had a different role (mentioning that |
| | incidentally she preferred the title Head Teacher to Principa), and how she spent time looking at |
| | the quality of teaching. She pointed out that they employed 380 people (including casual staff), |
| | and there was constant turnover of employees. The budget was not known at present because |
| | they were going through the transition to Academy, but it was nerve racking because it would be |
| | in excess of £9million. |
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| | CH reported that the aim of TTC was to make sure that their children were able to learn, and |
| | therefore, a lot of time was spent on the appropriate curriculum, designing it to ensure we do the |
| | very best for those young people. She said that they never amalgamated subjects and had a |
| | great passion for specialism in subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology. Also, good |
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