York's first primary academies

From the York Press:
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/education/news/10848364.Two_York_schools_set_to_become_city___s_first_primary_academies/

"Robert Wilkinson Primary School in Strensall has opted out of local authority control from today and Haxby Road Primary School – which is sponsored by Robert Wilkinson as part of the Ebor Academy Alliance – will become independent on February 1. The change means that both schools will be funded directly by the Government – joining city secondaries Manor CE and Archbishop Holgate’s CE, which both became academies in 2011." Executive headteacher Richard Ludlow.