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6 Dec 2011

Westminster primary school in Birmingham were recently told they were on Michael Gove’s hit list as an underperforming school. They were threatened with becoming a forced academy.

8 May 2012

Today it has been announced that 15 Birmingham primary schools are being balloted by the NUT and NASUWT for joint action against being forced to become an academy.

19 Jan 2012

Thursday 26th January 7.30pm-9pm. Community Hall, Sparkbrook Islamic Centre, Sydenham Road, Sparkbrook B11 1ND
Speakers include Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green, Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary, NUT

2 May 2012

Michael Gove plans to seize around 30 Birmingham Primary schools and turn them into academies.

25 Jan 2012

The picket line was even bigger than last time with 100 people there, swelled by parents and pupils.

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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