On Saturday the Haringey Campaign Against Academies organised an incredible demonstration against Gove’s plans to force some of the local primaries into academy status.

“This is an extremely worrying report for everybody concerned with Birkdale High, parents, pupils and staff. Even more worrying because it is without precedent, this is the first of Michael Goves Academy convertor schools to fail in the North West.”

On Tuesday 7th February governors at Kimberley school in Nottingham voted unanimously against academy status!

A free conference for parents, governors and teachers. Education reforms, nationally and locally, are making huge changes to schooling in Lincolnshire. What is driving these changes? Are the arguments educational or economic? What’s in it for the County’s children?

Of the 249 schools listed in the DfE data as ‘sponsor-led’ academies, almost a third are run by chains. So how are the chains performing?

There is a proposal to open a free school based at the soon to be vacated Breeze Hill School in Oldham. The school would be run by ex military personnel and teaching staff would be ex troops.