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To: [email protected], [email protected]
Stop our outstanding community schools being forced to become academies
To the Compass Group School Governors, John Camp, Tom Gray, Jo Gordon,
We, the undersigned, call for an immediate stop to the academy application process and for an open meeting with the governors to review the reasons for the application now the government have confirmed they will not force outstanding schools to become academies.
Why is this important?
Halstow, Deansfield and the other Compass Group schools are in the process of becoming a Multi Academy Trust.
We were told by the governors that the main reason for conversion to a Multi Academy Trust was to act before we were forced to do so by the government. After significant pressure from teachers, parents and MPs, the government have made a u-turn and confirmed that they will not be forcing outstanding schools to become academies.
We were told that conversion would take many months and that we would be kept informed. We now know that the application has been approved by the DfE already and we are a small step away from the irreversible signing of the funding agreement.
The government is not going to force our outstanding community schools to academise. Becoming an academy is irreversible. We must halt the academy application, at least until a thorough and transparent investigation of the impact of the proposals on our schools has been undertaken and shared with parents, staff and the wider community.
