Three Blackpool schools plan catholic MAT

From the Blackpool Gazette: 'Three Blackpool schools have been handed orders to convert to academy status... The schools intend to convert from September 1, to form the Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi-Academy Trust.'

Two of the schools are rated good. The paper said Blackpool had 43 schools, 16 are already academies, with a further seven seeking to convert from September