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Gove Gone But Not Forgotten, Hove Park on strike and more

Posted on 18 July 2014 by Sara

Michael Gove has been removed from his post of Secretary of State for Education in the cabinet reshuffle. Free school founder Katharine Birbalsingh lamented on Twitter saying that Gove was the goose that had laid the golden eggs.
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Labour on ‘for profit’ education, Ryde and uniforms, Victory at Colmore and more

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Sara

Tristram Hunt says there’s clear water between Labour and the Conservatives over ‘for profit’ state schooling. He should be warned that the current legal structures of academies and free schools leave them vulnerable to the privateers. Continue reading →

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Coalition Cracks over Free Schools, First Chain Folds and Still Fighting in Barking and Dagenham

Posted on 23 May 2014 by Sara

We’re a year away from the general election and cracks in the Coalition are showing in the Department for Education.
Lib Dems have accused Michael Gove of raiding £400m to prop up his failing free schools project. In Islington, the bill for the site for just one primary school is set to top £10m while councillors battle to preserve at least some of the land for much-needed housing. In neighbouring Tottenham, two free schools have received just 10 first choice applications between them for 120 reception places. Continue reading →

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Fat cat salaries, struggling free schools, Hove Park fights back and primary results questioned in academies

Posted on 8 May 2014 by Sara

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

The West London Free School, opened in 2011, is seeking its third Headteacher in as many years. It seems that CEO Toby Young, author of a helpful guide ‘How to Set up a Free School’, as well as the autobiographical ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’, is finding it difficult to hang on to staff at the West London Free School. Someone could write a book about it …. Continue reading →

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