Article by Bob Smytherman at Worthing Liberal Democrats (31 May 2012)
"At a Governing Body meeting held this evening to discuss the responses to the Academy Proposal, Governors of Worthing High School, supported by the Worthing High Trust Board voted to move to converter Academy status.
They were very mindful of the concerns expressed by some parents, stakeholders and staff but felt that the vast majority of these will be alleviated as the school moves towards becoming an Academy just as concerns were addressed when the school converted to becoming a Trust school in 2008. Governors were keen to reiterate that the school will be transitioning as a converter Academy and not a sponsored Academy as has been reported by some media channels. The Governors acknowledged that the school will benefit by having more financial flexibility in order to procure better services, for example, provision of an Educational Welfare Officer (which we are currently without) and other such similar support."
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