Tag Archives: Rejecting Academy
Independent: ‘Hove vs Gove’ campaign victory: Parents derail ‘academies bandwagon’
Parents who ran a “Hove vs Gove” campaign against plans to turn their local comprehensive into an academy were celebrating a landmark victory today.
Governors at Hove Park School in East Sussex voted unanimously this week against plans to convert the 1,600-pupil school into an academy, after protests from parents and teachers including a one-day strike which closed the school this summer. Continue reading
Hove Park governors vote to REJECT academy status
Hove Park Governors Vote to Reject Academy Status
Statement from Hands Off Hove Park School campaign group:
“The parents, carers and members of the community that make up Hands Off Hove Park School are delighted and thrilled that the governors have ultimately made the right decision and voted no to academy status. This is an excellent result for the whole of this school community but also for all schools across Brighton & Hove. Continue reading
Pupils plan protest over Hove Park School academy plan
More than 100 students staged a protest pleading with school bosses to call off a proposed conversion to academy status. The youngsters from Hove Park School took to the playing fields with banners and signs stating their opposition to the … Continue reading
Enfield School Governors Reverse Application for Academy Status due to ‘poor press’
School governors have changed their mind due to ‘the recent poor press academy chains have attracted’ and decided to go with the local authority. Continue reading