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Ministers have confirmed that a free school which was preparing to open in September has been withdrawn due to lack of parental demand.
The founders of The Newham Free Academy in East London claimed to have "developed large community links in Newham with many parents and families worried about secondary school provision in their local area” but seemingly could not garner the necessary interest to satisfy the Department for Education that there was sufficient demand.
Pupil numbers are critical to the success of free schools as funding depends on the number of pupils a school attracts.
The news will support the claim by the critics of the free schools programme who claim that it is not sufficiently geared up to support areas of need, especially as this follows on from news last month that Beccles Free School in Suffolk received just 37 applications for children to join the school.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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