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King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (formerly The Hawthorne's Free School) is a Secondary school, secondary Free school (England), free school located on Fernhill Road in Bootle, Merseyside, England, about from Liverpool city centre. The school is in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. The school rebranded in September 2012, on the site of the former St. George of England Specialist Engineering College (previously St George of England High School and St George of England County Secondary School). St George of England Specialist Engineering College closed in 2012, along with St Wilfrid's High School in Litherland. The schools closed due to falling pupil numbers, however parents from both schools campaigned for a new secondary free school to be opened in the area instead. The schools opening was controversial, as staff from the previous schools were not automatically transferred to the new school, and many lost their jobs. This was despite Sefton Council declaring that staff fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free School (England)
A free school in England is a type of academy established since 2010 under the Cameron–Clegg government's free school policy initiative. From May 2015, usage of the term was formally extended to include new academies set up via a local authority competition. Like other academies, free schools are non-profit-making, state-funded schools which are free to attend but which are mostly independent of the local authority. Description Like all academies, free schools are governed by non-profit charitable trusts that sign funding agreements with the Education Secretary. There are different model funding agreements for single academy trusts and multi academy trusts. It is possible for a local authority to sponsor a free school in partnership with other organisations, provided they have no more than a 19.9 per cent representation on the board of trustees. Studio schools and university technical colleges are both sub-types of free school. Policy creation and implementation Free s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
