A warm thank you from Tidemill Parents to CLLR Paul Bell for supporting our campaign in his blog; http://www.paulbell.org/

The Government’s plans to encourage “outstanding” schools to take a fast-track to “Academy”status are a threat to the future of comprehensive Local Authority schooling. They could introduce a fragmented two-tier education system where “successful” schools opt-out of the Local Authority, taking money with them as they go, leaving cash-starved Councils with the schools – and pupils – …