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Laura Brown: Bolingbroke Academy (finally) U-turns to include our most deprived primary school as a feeder

In a slightly strange setting for an announcement, ARK have pledged (in the midst of a longer interview with the Evening Standard) that they will include Falconbrook Primary school in Wandsworth as a feeder school for the Bolingbroke Academy that they will sponsor. This is after extensive campaigning by several local groups who were extremely upset that this school has been ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Caz: "Most people are very much in the dark about what free schools and academy schools are actually about. It seems that ARK is behind this one. It is essential to read the Schillings solicitors letters with respect to what Ark ......"

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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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