Originally Posted by
Narcissa
^I agree with Liv.
Rumour has it there is a new academy en route for September in Durham and it only has one pupil enrolled so far. The school it is replacing was shut down for only having 300+ pupils.
There's a reason we have a national curriculum and allowing parents/businesses to make up their own just seems like a recipe for disaster. At least church schools are still required to abide by certain rules and standards. As far as I'm aware the Emmanuel College group of academies still refuse to teach anything evolution-based, and I imagine they also take great delight in not having to teach that homophobia is not legit in PSHE.