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Tim Rose: A rapidly improving comprehensive was turned round – the wrong way – when an independent school chain took it over and got it dumped into Special Measures.

Woodard Schools chose the former Boundstone Community College in Lancing to be their "flagship" academy & named it after the grandson of their founder, the Revd Nathaniel Woodard, because its exam results had been on a rapidly rising trajectory and it had been described by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as one of "the most improved schools in the ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Heather Gould: "As the parent of a child who has just sat GCSE's at the above mentioned school I agree with a lot of what has been said about it. I was lucky enough to transfer my younger son who was ......"

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Henry Stewart: GCSE Results: State sector closes gap on private schools

Results in Comprehensives Rise while those in Private Schools Fall The GCSE results show a narrowing of the gap between local state schools and the private sector. The % of grades at comprehensives & academies that were A or A* rose from 18.3% in 2010 to 20.2% in 2011 and the % that were C and above rose from 66.2% to ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rudolf Eliott Lockhart: "Henry Stewart’s interesting post suggests that this summer (and last summer) the proportion of GCSE entries from independent schools awarded an A* or A fell. Unfortunately, this is not the full picture. Pupils at independent schools have been ......"

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Rob Morgan: Community forced to take an academy

Staffordshire County Council - as part of BSF - foisted an academy, onto Tamworth run by Landau Forte. Now the BSF money has disappeared, only the academy is getting the money to build an 11-16 school and sixth for centre. The sixth form centre will provide 16+ education for whole town as existing sixth form provision is being completely removed, ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Rosie Fergusson: "Seems kinda tricky as I'm used to defending LEA's .So would you say that this is the local LEA riding roughshod over people's wishes ? Do you knowthat the Council are doing this under duress from the Government or because ......"

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Fiona Millar: Money going to private schools and private consultants could be better spent

It is bad enough to see that private schools are receiving public money but mind boggling at a time of severe cut backs to learn that private sector companies are raking in millions to set up free schools. It is worth remembering that schools like Eton, Wellington and Highgate already in receipt of tax advantages via their charitable status, supposedly for ... read more and comment →

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