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Letters: We're still waiting for school consultation

Source: The Guardian

Nov 09, 2009

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As a parent with two children at Oxford School, one of the two schools the United Learning Trust is proposing to replace with an academy in September 2010, it was with dismay that I read your article about the ULT's failings with its existing academies (No more academies until standards rise, sponsor told, 6 November).

My concern was heightened by the impression conveyed by your article that the decision to allow the ULT to take over Oxford School has already been taken. Your readers need to be aware that, despite promises that parents would be consulted over the proposal, consultation has not yet taken place. Parents were first made aware of the ULT's plans in July.

There has since been a vocal local campaign in opposition to the proposal, culminating in the resignation of nearly half the school governing body. Issues raised are not limited to the known problems of the ULT with some of its existing academies. There is also concern that the proposal would deprive parents in much of east Oxford of the option of a non-faith state secondary school and that the ULT

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