Bus Changes ; This Story Has (Misshapen) Wheels

The Thamesdown Transport bus changes are still being repeated as a story, four days after they came into effect.

Parents of children attending the Headlands Academy call the changes "ridiculous". They claim the retiming of a bus, twenty minutes earlier than before, has thrown their lives into chaos.

Once again though, the same issue comes through, that pupils can catch a different bus, which takes a longer route and includes a twelve minute walk.

Swindon Centric Says ; A retimed bus and a twelve minute walk are not "ridiculous", but the expectations and tolerance levels of the parents involved clearly are.

Swindon's Own Fame Academy To Be Built At A Bargain Price

The town's Schools Organisation Committee last night voted to build the Headlands Academy in the town on the site of the current Headlands Secondary School.

Despite huge opposition from councillors, parents and even teachers that this is a huge, untested gamble with Swindon's children's education, the Education Department of the Council have got their way. Of course they need the money to build the thing first.

The price you might ask?

To build a fab new shiny academy?

A mere £35million.

So, the building work will....Hold On One New York Minute!

'A mere £35 million', for an academy? A SCHOOL!

You could build about a dozen decent smaller schools all over town for that much, or rebuild a couple of leisure centres.

Or a light-rail system, a couple of care homes, build a huge civic centre, invest in an arts programme.

But our local authority has decided to build ONE school, ONE!

Well if it is built, it'll probably be the country's most expensive school.

One things for sure, for that price the school dinners won't get moaned at by Jamie Oliver.

For that much they should get four courses and wine, the students that is.