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Don’t mention the Church…academisation and church schools

Don’t mention the Church…academisation and church schools

I mentioned it once and I think I got away with it….

James HargraveMar 31

Why Nicky Morgan is wrong about parent governors

Why Nicky Morgan is wrong about parent governors

I'm not sure what experience Nicky Morgan has of school governance but in a speech made in February 2016 she said she that her husband is a…

James HargraveMar 26

The Tories have no mandate for forced academisation

The Tories have no mandate for forced academisation

The announcement that all schools will be forced to become academies surprised nobody involved in education. We had been hearing this for…

James HargraveMar 26

Five out of the 22 teaching staff at Beccles Free School leave at Easter

Five out of the 22 teaching staff at Beccles Free School leave at Easter

Parents at Beccles Free School were told this week that nearly a quarter of the teaching staff are leaving at Easter. Some are “retiring…

James HargraveMar 23

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