Telferscot Action Group, or TAG for short, is a group of concerned parents that have formed to exert some influence over the future growth of the school.
Our aims remain pretty simple:
We want to block the proposed housing development on the old church hall site, next door to Telferscot Primary School.
We want to work with Lambeth council and other relevant bodies to secure the funds needed to purchase the land, in order to meet the school's future needs.
And, we want to ensure that as the school inevitably grows, we preserve the things that have made Telferscot a really great school, with first class facilities and a stimulating learning environment for our kids.
You may remember before Christmas, TAG petitioned Telferscot parents to establish a mandate for lobbying the council into purchasing the adjacent church hall land.
We collected 146 signatures which was a great response. If you’d like to sign a petition you can still download it here and hand it in at the school office:
As the school’s expansion and the housing development continue to be discussed, this is a really powerful way of us showing governors and the council how the majority of parents feel about the issue.
Perhaps we’ve managed to persuade Lambeth council to delay their decision on the Church Hall development - we’re really not sure - but it’s NOT on the planning committee agenda tomorrow night (Tues 26th Feb).
Please DON’T go to the town hall tomorrow night because we won’t be there!! If you know anyone who mentioned they might be going, please do let them know. Thanks.
The Church Hall has been too quickly dismissed as a derelict eyesore during our campaign. Add a few kids and it’s amazing how the place comes to life.
We’re a bit hazy on the details of these photos, taken by Telferscot dad James Muchmore, but we think they were taken in the Spring of 2010 when people from the Garden Museum on Lambeth Palace Road came and showed the kids how to grow things; seeds, plants and they even brought fruit trees apparently.
Will we have the space to do activities like this in the future…..
The newsletter is encouraging evidence that Lambeth are taking notice of our campaign. We will continue to push them for 2FE on the expanded Church Hall site because we think that, based on educational need, it is the most appropriate solution of all those under consideration.
We’ve found a rare photo of the inside of the church hall. It’s surprising just how big it looks inside - even with all the clutter. Imagine the potential…..
A TAG newsletter went out in the kids’ book bags today. It discussed Lambeth Council’s current position on Telferscot’s expansion.
Have you seen Lambeth Council’s only ‘viable’ expansion proposal for the existing Telferscot site?
It still compromises essential space and facilities for a school with nearly double the number of children and a correspondingly increased staff….
TAG recently met with Lib Peck, Leader of Lambeth Council. She indicated that two-form entry expansion of the school on to the church hall site is not completely out of the question. There are still many hurdles to overcome, not least the potential purchase of the land, but Lib encouraged TAG and the school to respond to Lambeth’s proposals and make the educational case for needing an expanded site for two-form entry. So we did!
