From Norfolk EDP:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/falling_pupil_numbers_leave_norwich_school_facing_430_000_deficit_1_3281394
'Rob Anthony, associate headteacher at the Hewett School said: 'The Hewett School has a budget deficit which was caused by a falling number of secondary age pupils in Norwich over a nine year period.'
The paper followed this up with a discussion about the effects of academies:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/are_academy_schools_to_blame_for_falling_numbers_as_hewett_school_faces_up_to_430_000_deficit_1_3284922
'Ian Gibson, who opposed the creation of the Open Academy when he was Norwich North MP, the academy system has seen a tradition of cooperation between Norfolk schools replaced with one of competition.
He said: “The structures are destroying those schools which were previous top class. They have changed them because they are not getting the pupils in. There’s no doubt about it.”'
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