The Bishop wrote:Pent Valley School in Cheriton, Folkestone was sold last year to the Turner Academy Trust - a trust that has the Conservative MP for Folkestone, Damian Collin's wife on its board of trustees (under her maiden name) - for £1. That is the buildings, the land, the lot. That belonged to me, you and everyone and was sold without my opinion being considered. THAT IS NEOLIBERALISM IN ACTION IN OUR LOCALITY.
You sure? Normally with academisation (dread word) the land is on a 99 year lease precluding any trust from, for example, closing school and flogging off land for housing. I presume also that board members are unpaid as is normal in cases like this. This is certainly the case with the proposals for the primary schools in Deal which seem to have a number of parents (though not governors, senior management or staff who actually understand the education system) in such a tizz.