Claire Wright comments as well.
Jess Bailey – Otter Valley Devon County Councillor facebook post:
(For Simon Jupp’s facebook boast this refers to see below – no mention of St Peter’s Budleigh Salterton during Education Secretary’s low profile visit last Friday)
“Simon Jupp’s latest social media post shows a total disregard for the community of Tipton St John.
It’s bad enough that out of the blue in January this year he ditched his commitment to the school remaining in the village, but it’s made worse by his attempts to exploit the situation for his own photo opportunities.
However, no amount of photo opportunities can disguise the fact that the Conservative government has totally failed to deliver a new school for Tipton St John for more than a decade now. All that has happened is Tipton school has been included on a list for a rebuilding programme.
I was not invited to attend this meeting with the Secretary of State, even though I had every right to be there as the elected representative of Tipton residents at Devon County Council. I complained about my treatment to the Leader and CEO of DCC.
It feels to me that Simon Jupp is attempting to steam roller me, and therefore Tipton residents, out of the way. I am not prepared to let that happen.
I want to draw your attention to a number of key points about the consultation process:
– There will be an informal consultation by the school from 1st May – 19th June on possible relocation. Simon Jupp states on his social media post that this consultation is for ‘parents carers and staff’. That is completely misleading – crucially it’s for residents too. This is a really important point and I would urge as many people to respond as possible.
-All the reports and consultation details will be uploaded to the school’s website. They will also be uploaded to DCC’s ‘Have your Say’ website under the Education and School category. All responses to the informal consultation will go to the school.
-The school governors will meet following the informal consultation on 24th June 2024 and decide whether to proceed to a statutory consultation.
-If the governors proceed with a statutory consultation there would be a formal four week consultation which may take place from 27th June – 25th July. At this stage all the responses will go to DCC.
– DCC officers would then prepare a report for DCC cabinet (possibly for a meeting in September). The decision whether to relocate will ultimately be taken by DCC cabinet.
I also want to clarify another point. Simon Jupp claims that it was his ‘direct intervention’ that will mean the DfE report being made public during the consultation. In fact the publication of the DfE report is actually something I insisted upon as a condition of the school going out to consultation and this was then agreed between DCC and DfE counterparts.
In addition, unlike Simon Jupp, I did not feel the DfE report alone was sufficient and I felt further work was required and insisted on DCC carry out additional work. The DCC report will also be published at my insistence. Once published I will share my views on the outputs from these reports and will be interested in the views of parents and residents.”
This provoked such comments as: (first four from a long list)
We all know what he’s like Jess. .a glory seeker without putting any of the hard graft in himself. Thank you for your unending work behind the scenes on lots of local important issues
No surprise here. Jupp is in electioneering mode for his own benefit rather than working for the benefit of his constituents.
Well done again, Jess. So glad to have you as our DCC representative.
Well said Jess. Mr Jupp is roaming all over his and Richard Foord’s constituency taking credit for anything he thinks he can get away with while blocking anyone who asks a question he doesn’t like. He then ignores communications from them too, rendering an unknown proportion of people in East Devon without an MP. He regularly posts communications to Richard Foord’s claiming to be the ‘local MP’ and we’re all familiar with what appears to be fraud over diverting Richard Foord domain names to his own website. Who knows when the election will be upon us but we all need to ensure he is voted OUT!
Simon Jupp’s “Fantastic Visit” facebook boast
East Devon Watch 