Staffordshire's newly-elected Tories refuse to budge on reorganisation of schools

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Council leaders in Staffordshire have refused to abandon a planned reorganisation of secondary schools in Tamworth despite a change of political control and a last-minute plea from teaching unions.

The National Union of Teachers and NASUWT called on the new Conservative-controlled county council to halt plans to turn Woodhouse School into a privately-run academy and close all sixth forms in Tamworth and open a new post-16 centre.

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Staffordshire's newly-elected Tories refuse to budge on reorganisation of schools

Members of the two teaching unions are staging a new round of strikes,...

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