Teachers and parents at forced academy primary lambast incoming trust over plans to extend the school day
The public meeting about Waltham Holy Cross, where several speakers voiced concerns about the extended day
Teachers at an Essex primary school, facing a forced academy takeover, have accused the chief executive of the trust which is in line to run it of acting against “British values” in seeking to impose an extended school day there.
The publication of a document written by NET Academies Trust about the extension of the school day at Waltham Holy Cross primary school, in Waltham Abbey, provoked fury this week, coming as it did weeks after a community meeting heard strongly-voiced concerns about the plans.
What the document said
The document, which appeared on the school’s website on Tuesday without any direct letter of explanation to parents, presented the trust’s case in favour of lengthening teaching hours.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 21 December 2018
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