Academy/free school news

A further tranche of 102 free schools has been given permission to open their doors to pupils from next year - 46 of them in London (one in Hackney - City Gateway Hackney): http://www.building.co.uk/gove-approves-102-new-free-schools/5055215.article



Lancashire remains neutral on academies:
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/education/education-chiefs-told-to-leave-schools-alone-1-6042698

Cllr Matthew Tomlinson said: “ The DfE wrote to me again expressing disappointment at the number of academies we have in Lancashire and asking for a meeting. “My view is that there is no need. As far as I am concerned Lancashire schools are doing well and perfectly happy to stay in with the county. “ If they want to meet, I will meet them but I have nothing to say. At the end of the day individual schools decide what they want to do and it is certainly not for us to say they should or shouldn’t become academies. Our job is to support them. “They choose to stay within the control of the county.”

 Gove on Bradford:

“I will do everything possible to ensure that I, or another minister, visits Bradford as soon as possible. It is instructive that, in Bradford, politicians of every party – including Respect – apart from Labour, are backing free schools.” http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10664112.Education_Secretary_Michael_Gove_calls_for_free_schools_U_turn/

Nut free academy in the US: http://alhijraacademy.com/al-hijra-is-a-nut-free-school/