Louth schools reject Academy proposal
“I bring good tidings for all those hard working campaigners up and down the land fighting the academies programme.
We have had the most extra-ordinary result in our campaign in Louth, which can be attributed directly to the strength of the governing bodies. We have four schools looking to merge into one new academy. We also have a county council who have just endorsed a policy to state that ALL schools should convert to academy status with CfBT.
On 8th September, the governing bodies of two of our schools met (they are currently in a hard federation). It was recommended to them that they undergo a local authority reorganisation of schools, with the new governing body making any future decision on academy status. The resolution that they passed states “it was unanimously agreed that the preferred option is to merge Monks’ Dyke Technology College, Tennyson High School, Cordeaux School and Wolds College into a single entity maintained by the Local Authority.”
Long live the stake-holder governance model that Gove is trying to smash.
And if we can bring about this type of result in Lincolnshire at the moment, it can happen anywhere.”
Read the full article here Louth Schools reject Academy proposal
See also Worries over education ‘imbalance’ as Lincolnshire County Council encourages schools to convert to academies
Kingsbury High teachers to strike against Academy proposal
Kingsbury High NUT and NASUWT members will be on strike on Thursday 29th September against their Governors proposal to convert the school into a Gove academy. The Parents Action Group are supporting the teachers, pupils have already had a strike during the school day last term and the local community including the councillors are strongly against the conversion.
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Kingsbury High teachers to strike against Academy proposal
See also
Staff to strike over Kenton School academy plan
Kenton School staff strike over academy plans
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