Guest blog from local school chaplain Elvin Bishop
The benefits of Tory education policy (ably assisted by Cllrs Pavey and Butt) are taking time to become apparent at one local school, as these figures appear to show:
2012: Copland 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths 40%
2013: Copland 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths 43%
2014: Copland 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths 46%
September2014 and Forced Academisation takes place against the wishes of parents, students and staff but backed by Michaels Gove and Pavey and Leader Mo Butt. Copland becomes Ark Elvin Academy.
2015: Copland 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths 34%*
*figure from Ark Elvin website
Still, as Jose Mourinho probably said to Roman Abramovich on Sunday, ‘early days’.