Joseph Blakely
Joseph Blakely is a reporter at The Argus who covers education, including major school projects and the decisions that shape them. His work includes coverage of large-scale changes to the school estate in Sussex, such as the planned rebuild of one of the region’s largest schools as a key decision date approaches. By tracking how these developments move towards key decisions, he provides a clear view of what is happening to significant education institutions in the area.
Rebuild of one of Sussex's largest schools
One of Blakely’s notable pieces reports on the planned rebuild of one of Sussex’s largest schools as the project advances a step and a crucial decision approaches. The story focuses on the planned rebuild and the approaching decision for a major secondary school, underlining the scale of the institution and the weight of the choice facing decision-makers.
Through this coverage, he brings attention to how major capital projects can reshape schooling in Sussex and how formal decisions determine when those changes will occur.
Education decisions and major school projects
In his education coverage, Blakely writes about decision points that affect prominent schools, treating timelines and looming decisions as central elements of the story rather than background detail. This approach gives his coverage a structural angle, showing how governance and planning around major projects shape what happens to school estates as much as the headline announcement. The result is reporting that situates education stories within the broader context of ongoing projects and forthcoming decisions at key institutions.
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Albert Tait
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Beth Kennedy
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Callum Clark
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