So it seems that councilors are considering plans to turn the schools in the Godalming area into these proposed ‘academies’.
It seems that Surrey County council think that all the secondary schools in the region are so good that the idea is seriously being considered as part of the government's Academies Act, under which "outstanding" schools are being encouraged to become academies.
Obviously they have been encouraged by the recent high levels achieved by our schools, such as Broadwater and Rodborough.
Admittedly the research is still at an early stage. But even at this early stage is it not right consider the implications for putting our ‘outstanding’ schools out to private tender.
If the schools are continually improving…as we are told they are (as their results would indicate)…why put this success at risk?
Surely, as we are taught…’if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it!’. Education Secretary Michael Gove has said academies were a way of cutting bureaucracy and giving more control to schools.
How do we know that schools that are run like businesses are the best things for our children ? Can we be sure that we get the best resources or the best trained staff for the job?
We can’t afford to mess around with our children’ futures in this way!