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31 Jan 2013
1m academy and free school pupils ‘could be eating unhealthy lunches’

More than a million children at academies and free schools could be eating unhealthy lunches because those institutions are exempt from tough food standards, council leaders have warned.
From The Guardian
Academies and free schools which opt out of national regulations are failing in their moral duty to ensure pupils receive healthy dinners, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

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30 Jan 2013
Michael Gove is destroying our school system

From Guardian
One of the main things I learn as I age is just how much I don’t know. Last week alone, I learned that I am clueless when it comes to putting together a TV stand from Ikea, making something “unscary” out of turkey mince, understanding the formulas in Brian Cox’s new show or making a bored, tired child do pointless homework.

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25 Jan 2013
Academy schools: a flawed system that cannot be sustained

From The Guardian
In English education, we are living in extraordinary times. A striking example is the huge growth of academy schools, particularly in the secondary sector, a growth that has happened without key questions about effectiveness, sustainability or value for money being addressed. It is a vast structural experiment, in scale going far beyond what has been tried in any comparable country. However, Unleashing Greatness, a new 130-page report by the high-powered Academies Commission has investigated the issues in some depth. Its report makes extremely uncomfortable reading.

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24 Jan 2013
GCSE results set to accelerate plan to turn secondary schools into academies

From The Guardian
Higher government GCSE targets mean the number of secondary schools deemed to be failing has almost doubled in a year, something likely to further accelerate the already rapid transformation of schoolsinto academies.
GCSE results for more than 4,000 state and private secondary schools and colleges in England showed that in 195 schools less than 40% of pupils reached the benchmark level of at least five passes at grade C or higher, including English and maths.

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24 Jan 2013
Parents: School faces hostile takeover after one bad report

From Evening Standard
A South London primary school is facing a “hostile takeover” by an academy chain after one bad report, parents warned today.
A group of families at Roke Primary School in Croydon is campaigning against the Government’s decision to turn their school into an academy run by the Harris Federation.

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