Mayor is on the look-out for schools to take over

THE Mayor of London is on the look-out for community schools in London that he can take over as academies – these would transfer control from parents, teachers and local people to a trust set-up by the mayor and his commercial partner, Academies Enterprise Trust.
You lose local democratic control of your curriculum, teacher numbers, salaries and building programmes in return for a very small amount of funding.
If you want £800,000 from the mayor to regenerate your community, call loud and clear for it to be spent on something that will really help young people find work. Why not new apprenticeships or jobs in much-needed areas like insulation?
Parents, teachers and young people have recently lost control of a local school in Enfield. Don’t let it happen to you.
Cllr Darren Johnson AM
Green Party Member
London Assembly