Peter Kent-Baguley

Anti-Academy Campaingers defeat Conservative council leader

Interestingly, the success of the four anti-academy candidates in last Thursday's local elections for Barrow-in-Furness District Council, Cumbria, have received minimal national media attention. First of all, congratulations to the four successful candidates who stood as Our Schools Are Not For Sale (OSANFS) though listed as Independent on the election material and on the Council website. A fifth candidate lost by one vote. One of the four, Mike Stephenson, unseated the Conservative leader of the Council.

Cumbria County Council propose to close three secondary schools in Barrow and re-open them on the same sites as a single academy!