From Luton and Dunstable Express: http://www.luton-dunstable.co.uk/News/Putteridge-High-School-in-Luton-withdraws-from-conversion-into-Barnfield-Federation-academy-20131216103654.htm
Putteridge High School in Luton withdraws from converting into Barnfield Federation academy - Barnfield Federation CEO, Helen Mayhew, said: “We’re naturally very sorry that circumstances have led to the Governors’s decision at Putteridge.
“But we respect that decision and, for our part, always put the interests of students and parents before anything else.”
From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-25409726
"...But the process was halted after complaints about financial management and governance of Barnfield Federation and Barnfield College, which it runs. 'Reputation of school' In October, the Department for Education and the Skills Funding Agency confirmed they were investigating allegations of grade massaging and "operational finances" against Barnfield Federation and Barnfield College but would not comment further... The Hertfordshire-based Barnfield Federation runs four academies, a free school and a college in Bedfordshire."
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