Monday 16 December 2013

Public concern casts doubt onTurkish sponsor

Banbury Guardian: http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/academy-plan-dropped-after-turkey-outcry-1-5748042

"Governors of the Warriner, Hornton and Sibford schools have withdrawn from a plan to become an academy following bad publicity about its 
proposed Turkish sponsor...

"Warriner head Dr Annabel Kay resigned as a BAU Foundation director last week along with its chair, Lord Bishard...

"The academy plan was headed by Turkish private education provider Enver Hocel, (Enver Yucel) whose practices were questioned in a long and bitter blog by Fiona Millar at www.schoolsnetwork.co.uk/2013/12

 Dr Kay said: “We thought Mentora had been vetted and approved by the Department for Education..." 

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