Bolton councillors pressed to lobby government against academy status

This is Lancashire:
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/10890176.Parents_ask_Bury_Council_to_lobby_government_against_controversial_Elton_Primary_academy_plans/



"Members of protest group Save Elton Primary School used public question time at last Wednesday’s full council meeting at Bury Town Hall to raise the issue with Cllr Mike Connolly. Cllr Connolly was asked if he would write to Education Secretary Michael Gove to reconsider the decision.

"Elton is the second local primary school to be turned into an academy, following Radcliffe Primary, which is set to be converted on January 1.

"The process for Elton to be turned into an academy will continue on January 28, when Gena Merrett, a Department for Education adviser, will attend the school to hand over papers. If governors object at that meeting, the current board could be replaced by an interim executive board to force through the change."