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Friday, 02 September 2011 11:24 |
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24 ‘Free’ schools to open in September – A dangerous ideological experiment
The first 24 ‘Free’ Schools will open in September. These are schools which can be run by businesses, charities, religious organisations or individuals. They are ‘free’ from Local Authority influence, ‘free’ from local accountability and if Michael Gove had got his way would have been ‘free’ of planning laws as well.
These schools are not about meeting the need for extra places, or improving attainment. Gove has driven through his ‘Free’ schools plans as part of his ideological commitment to forcing schools to compete.
Who are the 24?
Of the 24 ‘Free’ schools 11 have some religious association. Several of the schools are formerly private schools which have taken the opportunity to be funded by the taxpayer.
The West London ‘Free’ school syllabus will include compulsory Latin. The Maharishi school in Lancashire will include daily transcendental meditation. Kings Science Academy, Bradford, will teach etiquette, fine dining, horse riding and archery. Two are run by ARK, the Academy sponsors who are made up of Hedge Fund managers, the people who pushed the economy into crisis.
Some of the news stories about the ‘Free’ schools are below
Others can be found at our Delicious bookmarking page http://www.delicious.com/antiacademies
Anti Academies Autumn newspaper
The latest Anti Academies newspaper is now available. With Gove determined to force through his Academies in every school in the country it is a crucial campaigning tool.
Articles include
- What should consultation look like?
- What should Labour’s education policy review do?
- The scandal of the cost of Gove’s cash bribe
- Primary heads speak out
- Essential first steps for campaigners
- Academies “threaten to create more social segregation”
- Conversions driven by ideology not evidence
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Gove’s links to the New Schools Network to be investigated
Leaked emails show that Michael Gove and a Tory strategist forced through the £500,000 donation to the New Schools Network (NSN) that helped set the ‘Free’ Schools in motion. The leaks show how close the NSN is to Gove and the government, although it claims to be independent.
Andy Burnham, Labour shadow education minister, has demanded an investigation.
Other news
More news stories here http://www.delicious.com/antiacademies
New Website
We are preparing a new website. Some of the new features will be a bulletin board for people to raise questions and responses, an ‘Academy Watch’ area and enhanced news reporting.
Anti Academies Alliance Financial Appeal
The Anti Academies Alliance has launched a Financial Appeal to help build the opposition to Academies and ‘Free’ Schools.
Read our Appeal, and download the leaflet, here http://www.antiacademies.org.uk/Home/financial-appeal
How can the Anti Academies Alliance help your school?
We continue to be approached by schools asking us to help them campaign against Academy proposals that are being pushed on them.
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Last Updated on Friday, 02 September 2011 11:27 |
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