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Laura Brown: Bolingbroke rages on – what is a fair consultation and who should decide how much choice parents get?

Much debate on BBC London radio tonight about Bolingbroke Academy's exclusive admissions policy. You may recall from previous posts that Falconbrook primary has been excluded from the list of feeder schools despite being closer to the site than Wix primary school which is to be a feeder. Falconbrook has 62% of children receiving free school meals compared with 31% at ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Jon De Maria: "And that Laura is the whole point, you are correct, maybe we are getting somewhere at long last - we did choose the feeder school policy, we did choose the feeder schools. And do you know why? Because its our ......"

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Laura Brown: Bankers’ free school story underlines that free school policy will favour the rich

There's a lot of noise about the proposed Northcote free school, the Bolingbroke Academy, at the moment with recent press reports of the GMB union branding it to the bankers' free school: 'The bankers who were "bailed out" with £850 billion of public funds have acquired a taste for using public money to fund their pet projects. 30 of them have ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Jon De Maria: "Put it this way Laura, if we were a lower class parent group and not middle class, I doubt given the nature of your comments that you would oppose us would you? Your campaign is based on class prejudice and ......"

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Jane Eades: Free School admissions criteria discriminatory?

The proposed Bolingbroke Academy has, according to sponsors ARK, four primary feeder schools. The justification for the new school is that there is no secondary school in the area - ignoring Chestnut Grove School, an "outstanding" school. When I plotted the primary feeder schools on a map and looked at the Deprivation Indicator, the hidden agenda becomes apparent. The ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Francis Gilbert: "This is very odd indeed Laura. I've met the people at ARK who struck me as being committed to having fully inclusive schools. I can't help feeling the company has been the unwitting victim of a group of parents intent ......"

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