Parents join striking teachers at academy row school
Parents joined striking teachers on the picket line outside a primary school yesterday, in a protest against Michael Gove’s “ideological” attempts to impose academy status.
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Teachers strike to block academy
Teachers will be striking today at a school being forced to become an academy.
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Mossbourne Academy: A class act that’s hard to follow
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” On the face of it, a reasonable motto for Peter Hughes to have adopted on securing his first headship. He is the man who has succeeded Sir Michael Wilshaw, now chief inspector of schools at Ofsted – the education standards watchdog – as principal of Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, east London.
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Teachers balloted over academy plans
The Government is facing an increasing threat of widespread industrial action over its flagship academy programme.
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Unions threaten primary school strike action against academy plans
Britain’s two biggest unions are threatening strike action at 13 more primary schools against plans to force them to become academies.
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Report criticises academy trust
The government says there were “serious failings” in the financial management of a trust running academy schools in Lincolnshire.
BBC News – Education & Family
Higher pay for academy heads
The average salary for a headteacher at an academy is £6,000 higher than that of a head at a local authority school, the Department for Education has revealed.
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Oliver warns Gove on academy food
TV chef Jamie Oliver says Education Secretary Michael Gove is endangering pupils’ nutrition by not controlling what food academy schools provide.
BBC News – Education & Family
Strike threat at school forced to become academy
Teachers at one of the first schools forced into becoming an academy by the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, are threatening to go on strike.
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Legal bid over academy row school
The parent of a pupil at Downhills Primary begins legal action over Education Secretary Michael Gove’s decision to sack the schools governors.
BBC News – Education & Family
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