Guardian cash cow questions

A brief look at some of the issues covered in Daniel Boffey and Warwick Mansell piece in the Observer: 'Are England's academies becoming a cash cow for business?'

Consultant oversees Colchester schools in special measures that could merge

From the Daily Gazette:

Two failing schools could be merged into an academy after the latest critical Ofsted report - Junior school headteacher Susan Locke (is leaving) and the executive headteacher is consultant Iain Birtwell (Trinity Associates, TT Education).