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Fiona Millar: Free schools able to opt out of the Admissions Code

I am grateful to David Wolfe, a barrister at Matrix Chambers, for pointing out that free schools appear to have special freedoms to exempt themselves from the Code of Practice on School Admissions. David has spent much of the last decade examining and challenging the legal basis for academies and free schools. His website A Can of Worms is a ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rosie Fergusson: "My interpretation of one aspect of the draft admissions code is to serve the failed independent schools being rescued and reborn as a free school . Where the school operated aptitude testing when independent they will be allowed to continue ......"

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Francis Gilbert: The Mayor of Tower Hamlets praises local schools but pledges to work with free schools

The executive mayor, Mayor Lutfur Rahman, of the borough I live in, Tower Hamlets, has many issues on his plate, not least the £72m cut to the council's budget, but he took time to answer my query about his views on free schools this week. It's heartening to see that he prefaced his views with a staunch defence of the ... read more and comment →

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Francis Gilbert: A banker’s free school is on its way in Canary Wharf

The announcement that Canary Wharf College has got the go-ahead as a free school this week caught many residents in Tower Hamlets like me by surprise. The school is to be run by an ex-private school head, Sarah Counter, who was also an inspector and speaker for the Independent Schools Council, which is a support group for private schools. The ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by JINNY-JAH: "WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? CHRISTIANS LIKE MUSLIMS OR ANYONE FROM ANY OTHER FAITH / CULTURE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INCULATE THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN FAITH. THE ROLE OF EDUCATORS IS TO EXPAND THE MIND AND THINKING CAPACITIES OF ......"

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