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Can this be happening in Barrovian schools?

But could this be happening here in Barrow?

The amount of information out there is staggering. Hot on the heels from finding out about the impending retirement of Mr David Kelly Principal of Barrow Sixth Form College and the Walney Oftsed report I came across this...

Incredibly despite the "unprecedented investment" and the strong arm tactics of the DCSF and complicit Councils 41 Academies are failing to meet the Governments (aka DCSF) own targets!

Granted Kent is a long way away from Furness and Furness Academy doesn't seem to be riven by any of the problems that Strood allegedly is but in my opinion it's worth having a read of what is alleged to be going on down in the garden of England.

It never ceases to amaze me how badly run and how corrupt our government really is. What really sticks in the craw though is how profligate it is with taxpayers money when it comes to one of it's sacred cows, Academies.

I should point out that Furness Academy Limited is not a commercially sponsored Academy nor I am glad to say despite the involvement of way too many religious evangelicals in it's creation is it in any way a religious Academy unlike the ULT and Oasis sponsored Academies.

As there appears to be an 'Academy Watch' on Academy Watch trying to 'sniff out' Academy staff who may be commenting on Academy Watch may I make it CRYSTAL clear to all I have NO idea who is actually posting comments.
I assume that the Academy is trying to bring down the wall of silence to cover every aspect of the school instead of smashing the wall to pieces and engaging with the parents, pupils and staff who read this blog.
A sad but after my recent experience of a short and ultimately pointless e-mail exchange with one of the sponsors an entirely predictable one. I asked the sponsor to contribute to this site and lo and behold... I never got a reply.

The sponsors desk and the principals desk must be piled high with requests for information, and their inboxes must be filled to overflowing because none of them ever answer anything.

Anyway onto the Guardian's expose on the problems the Government has with getting cash from its religious and commercial Academy sponsors...

I am unable to make my mind up about this one. On the one hand it sounds like yet more politically correct meddling and on the other it makes some sort of sense, nearly.

What do you think?

What has become clear from the comments on the MC2 Have Given Up post is that there are a lot of disgruntled people wanting to be heard.
I have also asked for positives and none have been forthcoming. So I have looked slightly further afield to see how another Cumbrian Academy, Richard Rose Central, is doing and straight away you can see a big difference in approach.

Is an insult to the pigs!
The humans with their noses in the trough are far worse than any pig.

Furness Academy like all it's sister Academies exists today because some grinning mulit-millionaire born again Catholic listened to people like this man. Graham McAvoy.

Mr McAvoy is the 'designer' of the Academy school and surprise, surprise he is now a millionaire after 'advising' the DCSF and the DCSF approved sponsors in 30 Academy projects How To Open An Academy. Who pays?

Well it might not be soon, government financial mismanagement on a grand scale may yet delay or completely kibosh any new school buildings but Moira love is pressing on regardless until she hears otherwise.
Trawling the CCC web site this evening I came across these images which reveal how great the new builds might be.