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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.

11 Jan 2013
Tory donor given top education job.

John Nash, a wealthy Tory donor, venture capitalist and enthusiastic sponsor of academies, has been appointed an education minister in a move that will delight those seeking faster reform by the education secretary, Michael Gove. He will be rushed into a peerage to make him the voice of education reform in the Lords but he is also likely to become a key figure in Gove’s team at the education ministry.
From Guardian

28 Feb 2012
Academy accountability

Who is accountable in terms of the reporting of the Head’s wrong doing?

11 Jan 2012
Chorley headteachers oppose ‘Free’ school proposal

A free school is designed to meet the needs of the community in areas where there is a lack of quality of provision or choice. This is clearly not the case in Chorley.

28 Nov 2011
Tidemill Academy parents face £200 bill

the Headteacher of Tidemill has “exercised his professional judgment” with a resultant loss of ten days education for every single one of the pupils in his charge, and many working parents are now facing an unexpected fee of £200.

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