HappyH

Stephent - you mean poor innocent naive Dulwich Estate has been inadvertently duped? I really don?t think so. DE knew there was this obvious conflict of interest and in terms of the lease that they would be taking the green space AWAY from the school and the children. As a education charity, DE intimately knows the importance of enabling a school to be a decent school with decent facilities. DE has an obligation with the charity commission to consider the public benefit. Resourcing its schools by removing leased and paid for resources from other schools is not to the public benefit. The whole community needs good schools. The green space is important to this for JKPS. The site was unused for years and they could have put housing on it ages ago if they really wanted to.

Loz - you are incorrect. The school leases the entire site, including the green space which the school uses actively for sports, education and recreation. Dulwich Estate has an option to apply for planning permission to develop the green space for housing. If planning permission is granted, it will take away the green space from the school. Dulwich Estate does not have to do this. They can keep the lease as it is so the green space can remain part of the school and can be enjoyed by the children of JKPS over the long term. Dulwich Estate is in a highly hypocritical position. It is an education charity that is looking to raise funds for its schools (Dulwich College, JAGs etc.) by depriving another education charity which runs JKPS of its facilities in terms of the green space. That is really rotten. How will that look to the charity commission? Dulwich Estate clearly knew there would be this conflict of interest when they agreed to lease the site to the school. I hope as many people as possible should lodge their objections to help this local primary school. I will object.