Lord Adonis confirm's that his original letter will be followed

Many of you who attended the Overview and Scrutiny call in will have heard the statement that the Local Authority would not fetter the Sponsor's ability to run the academy how they wanted. There was a long debate and the result was that Lord Adonis' letter was included in the minutes as part of the other background information.

Since then, SOCK have met with the Council (see this posting for our summary of the outcome) - in that meeting Rodney Chamber said that the plan was to follow the guidelines in the letter.

Since then, representations have been made to Lord Adonis, the result being the following letter, which states that there must is been a misunderstanding, since Rose Collinson has affirmed that the guidelines in the letter will be followed.

Click here to view the letter

That's great to hear - and I think it underlines the fact that the SOCK campaign has made a considerable impact on the shape of the academy, and we intend to continue with our reasoned and reasonable dialog with the council, the sponsors and the many SOCK supporters out there. I am not sure where the misunderstanding was, but the outcome is positive.