Another flagship free school in trouble

Flagship free school 'misused funds'

Guardian, Richard Adams, 26th October 2013


More dodgy financial goings-on, more mismanagement. Guess what? It's another free school! 
"It proves yet again that it is not possible for thousands of schools to be run directly from Whitehall". Hear, hear!

Special report: Coalition in crisis over free schools and academies

Indpendent, 20th October 2013, Jane Merrick



Look at the Independent front page today! At last the Lib Dems speak out against Gove and some of the free school and academy policies. But is this enough to stop the rot?


Lib Dem leader attacks Conservative policy on educational institutions that don't have to meet core standards

Mirror: Gove is the dunce in the classroom

Mirror, 19th October 2013, Fiona Phillips

Michael Gove is the dunce in our classrooms

Teachers are protesting his plans to increase workloads, bring in performance-related pay and change their pensions - all while slagging them off

West Sussex free school in trouble. Headteacher stepping down.

Head of failing free school to step down

Crawley and Horley Observer, 16th October2013

The headteacher of Discovery New School has agreed to step down as soon as possible after failing to create an adequate improvement plan for the school.

The Broadfield school, set up in September 2011 as one of the country’s first free schools, was judged as needing ‘special measures’ in its first Ofsted inspection in May.

This meant it would be subject to regular unannounced inspections.

Ofsted’s report of its inspection in September stated headteacher Lindsey Snowdon had agreed to step down from her role ‘as soon as a new headteacher can be appointed’.

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