Regarding the unsuccessful attempt to sponsor Camden Junior School with Greenshaw High,  exactly the same happened with Roke Primary in Croydon who wanted to be sponsored by Riddlesdown Collegiate, but whose wishes and protests were ignored, and who also have been forceably taken over by Harris.

The first  Harris Primary Academy (Peckham Park) and the only one to have comparative SATS results with the predecessor school, went down from 90% (school) to 61% (Harris).  When asked by Roke about this appalling deterioration, Harris first said that it could be worse, and when challenged said that was a lower academic year.

Peckham Primary had asked Harris to take them over, so the upset and teacher exodus at the 3rd Harris primary (Coleraine Park), 4th (Downhills), and 5th (Roke) who all opposed the Harris takeover, could not be blamed.

In spite of this lack of 'strength and experience'  Lord Nash still insisted on the Harris takeover at Roke.

But have Harris even improved secondary schools as claimed? Their 5 GCSE A-C including English/Maths appear so, but Performance Tables for the last two years show GCSE only figures as well as GCSE/Equivalents (BTecs), and most Harris Academies had some of the biggest reductions in % passes between the two.

Current figures also show Harris Academies in general with very low Baccalaureate %, which suggests League Tables with high BTecs instead of GCSEs again this year.  Therefore to have Harris forced on schools against their will on misleading results, shows that democracy is not only dead, but dictatorship that ignores people and verified exam results rules.

How many more have been taken over by Harris against their will on Lord Nash, Michael Gove and DfE's say so? (Judge, jury and executioner !)

V. Hunter
South Croydon