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kingsbury high academy strike
30 Sep 2011

On Thursday Kingsbury High School in Kingsbury, north west London was shut to all pupils and staff. Teachers from the NUT and NASUWT were taking strike action against their school being converted into a Gove academy.

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School Wars book advert
30 Sep 2011

As teachers plan to join up to 3 million trade unionists taking action over cuts in November this year, this new book from Melissa Benn is a timely addition to the sharp debate taking place over the future of education in Britain.

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30 Sep 2011

A devestating article by American Charter school supporters in Detroit who say they are not working. “You can’t have an easier environment for charters to demonstrate their superiority. But they haven’t. Not even close.”

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29 Sep 2011

The NASUWT are currently undertaking industrial action to oppose the planned academy status for Otley Prince Henry’s school in Leeds, following a successful ballot for action.

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ed miliband haverstock
28 Sep 2011

Haverstock school is particularly important because Ed and David Miliband are former pupils. At the TUC Ed Miliband was heckled by delegates after supporting Academies.

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Discuss...

  • Andrea Wilson says: Jane, The new Bolingbroke Academy has a very fair admissions procedure which was consulted on...
  • Stephen Cook says: I’ll try and get there on Wednesday.
  • Jane says: In her last post, Andrea is wrong on several counts. She is well aware of the campaign in Wandsworth to...
  • Musejs says: The poll on Free Schools mentioned above does NOT indicate that most parents are supportive of the...
  • Lucy Cooper says: I am reliably informed that at present there are 80 primary schools in Birmingham being forced into...

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